Narvik 1940 - The Battle for Northern Norway

In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway - with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French and German units that fought the land campaign over northern Norway. Highly detailed maps guide you step by step through the events. Few other books on Narvik give you as much detail on the forces of the fighting five. From Gebirgsjagers to Guardsmen, Fallschirmjagers to Foreign Legionnaires, it offers you an impressive level of tactical detail, even down to company command, whilst also helping you understand the strategic confusion surrounding the whole Allied expedition to the north too. Among the naval clashes covered in this action-packed story are the destroyer battles in the fjords, the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and the roles the famous battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau played in the fighting. No less dramatic are the land battles, which include amphibious landings, sabotage, commando raids, daring ski missions and a rare parachute insertion by Gebirgsjager troops.>

Product details

• Authors: David Greentree, Greentree David
• Assisted by: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustration), Bujeiro Ramiro (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781472849106
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-4910-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 246 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Campaign
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Narvik, Norway, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, Second World War, Naval forces and warfare, Land forces & warfare, Land forces and warfare