Narvik

Narvik is a small town with a very big harbour and with good facilities for landing.

The Rape of Norway 1941

To save time for transports, Narvik is erected on a mass that sticks out into a place where four fjords meet.

The Rape of Norway 1941

Also, the German forces in Narvik were very much hampered by the weather and they couldn't attack the northern part before the first Battalions, the Sixth Division, which is a northern Division was ready for them, and could stop them.

The Rape of Norway 1941

For comparison, I include an image of the badge issued to soldiers who fought in the Narvik action.

Camp Layout 2010

Honours of the regiment, in particular the action at Narvik in Norway in 1940, in which the regiment came up against a British force.

Camp Layout 2010

Haugland, who had been a radio operator on a cargo ship, had joined the Norwegian army and fought against the Germans at Narvik in the far north.

Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

HMS Hunter sank in 1000 feet of water during the first Battle of Narvik and its resting place had eluded searchers for nigh on sixty-eight years.

Archive 2008-03-02 2008

HMS Hunter sank in 1000 feet of water during the first Battle of Narvik and its resting place had eluded searchers for nigh on sixty-eight years.

The Ties That Bind Us In Friendship 2008

Van Wijk said Von Finkenstein had told him the German General Eduard Dietl was almost defeated at Narvik and contemplated crossing the Swedish frontier to be interned with the rest of his troops.

The Russian ballerina Nazi spy who aided British defeat in Norway 2010

Haugland, who had been a radio operator on a cargo ship, had joined the Norwegian army and fought against the Germans at Narvik in the far north.

Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010