Battle of Narvik

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Narvik was a 1940 World War II campaign in northern Norway involving fierce naval and land fighting between German and Allied forces over control of the strategically vital ice-free port of Narvik.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Narvik canonical 25
Battles of Narvik 3
First Battle of Narvik 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
airSupport Luftwaffe ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Carl Gustav Fleischer ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Eduard Dietl ⓘ
Erich Dietl ⓘ
Lord Cork and Orrery ⓘ
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1940-06-08 ⓘ
firstPhase Battle of Narvik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Naval Battle of Narvik
followedBy Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: German occupation of Narvik
involvedUnit French Foreign Legion ⓘ
German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops) ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
surface form: Kriegsmarine destroyer flotillas

Norwegian 6th Division ⓘ
Polish Independent Highland Brigade ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy destroyer flotillas
landPhase Allied ground offensive around Narvik ⓘ
location Narvik ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
surface form: Nordland

Norway ⓘ
navalCommander Bernard Warburton-Lee ⓘ
Friedrich Bonte ⓘ
Günther Lütjens ⓘ
Henry J. F. Brown ⓘ
notableConsequence demonstrated importance of air power in naval operations ⓘ
showed vulnerability of sea lines supplying German war industry ⓘ
notableFor Allied amphibious landings ⓘ
fierce naval battles in Ofotfjord ⓘ
objective control of the port of Narvik ⓘ
operation Allied recapture of Narvik ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
Operation Wilfred ⓘ
outcomeDetail Allied forces evacuated after German offensive in France ⓘ
Allied forces temporarily recaptured Narvik ⓘ
partOf Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian campaign
precededBy German invasion of Norway ⓘ
relatedTo Ofotfjord ⓘ
Swedish iron ore shipments via Narvik ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
secondPhase Battle of Narvik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Naval Battle of Narvik
startDate 1940-04-09 ⓘ
strategicImportance export of Swedish iron ore ⓘ
ice-free port ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOfWarfare land warfare ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ

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World War II → hasPart → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → firstPhase → Battle of Narvik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Naval Battle of Narvik
Battle of Narvik → secondPhase → Battle of Narvik self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Naval Battle of Narvik
Operation Weserübung → notableBattle → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Operation Weser Exercise → significantEvent → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Philip Vian → participatedIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Kriegsmarine → conflict → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West → notableEngagement → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Norwegian 6th Division → engagement → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Narvik → knownFor → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Carl Gustav Fleischer → notableEvent → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Ofotfjord → siteOf → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naval Battle of Narvik
Operation Wilfred → relatedTo → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Narvik
Bernard Warburton-Lee → militaryOperation → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Narvik
Bernard Warburton-Lee → partOf → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces in the Norwegian campaign
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
German occupation of Norway → hasPart → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
German occupation of Norway → hasPart → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied campaign in Norway
Captain Philip Vian → participatedIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
this entity surface form: Battle of Narvik operations
Battle of Vinjesvingen → relatedTo → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Eduard Dietl → participantIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
HMS Warspite → notableEngagement → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Narvik
Friedrich Bonte → conflict → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Narvik
Polish forces → notableEngagement → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Henry J. F. Brown → participatedIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Erich Bey → conflict → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Erich Bey → participantIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Narvik
Narvik–Germany iron ore route → causeOf → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Narvik
London Gazette Victoria Cross citation → battleDescribed → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
subject surface form: London Gazette Victoria Cross citation for Bernard Warburton-Lee
this entity surface form: First Battle of Narvik
London Gazette Victoria Cross citation → relatedToEvent → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
subject surface form: London Gazette Victoria Cross citation for Bernard Warburton-Lee
this entity surface form: First Battle of Narvik
Narvik Municipality → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
The Grand Old Lady → associatedWith → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
HMS Eskimo → tookPartIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
HMS Eskimo → damagedInAction → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
HMS Eskimo → bowBlownOff → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
HMS Tartar → tookPartIn → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade → conflict → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Ofoten → historicalSignificance → Battle of Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II battles around Narvik
Northern Front of World War II → hasPart → Battle of Narvik ⓘ