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.

Aliases (9)

Battles of Narvik ×2
Allied campaign in Norway ×1
Battle of Narvik operations ×1
British forces in the Norwegian campaign ×1
First Battle of Narvik ×1
First Naval Battle of Narvik ×1
Naval Battle of Narvik ×1
Second Battle of Narvik ×1
Second Naval Battle of Narvik ×1

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	First Naval Battle of Narvik →
followedBy	German occupation of Narvik →
involvedUnit	French Foreign Legion → German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops) → Kriegsmarine destroyer flotillas → Norwegian 6th Division → Polish Independent Highland Brigade → Royal Navy destroyer flotillas →
landPhase	Allied ground offensive around Narvik →
location	Narvik → 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	Norwegian campaign →
precededBy	German invasion of Norway →
relatedTo	Ofotfjord → Swedish iron ore shipments via Narvik →
result	German victory →
secondPhase	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 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German occupation of Norway → German occupation of Norway ("Allied campaign in Norway") → World War II →	hasPart
HMS Warspite ("Second Battle of Narvik") → Polish Armed Forces in the West → Polish forces →	notableEngagement
Friedrich Bonte ("Battles of Narvik") → Kriegsmarine →	conflict
Philip Vian → Philip Vian ("Battle of Narvik operations") →	participatedIn
Battle of Vinjesvingen → Operation Wilfred ("Battles of Narvik") →	relatedTo
Norwegian 6th Division →	engagement
Battle of Narvik ("First Naval Battle of Narvik") →	firstPhase
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
Narvik →	knownFor
Bernard Warburton-Lee ("First Battle of Narvik") →	militaryOperation
Operation Weserübung →	notableBattle
Carl Gustav Fleischer →	notableEvent
Eduard Dietl →	participantIn
Bernard Warburton-Lee ("British forces in the Norwegian campaign") →	partOf
Battle of Narvik ("Second Naval Battle of Narvik") →	secondPhase
Operation Weser Exercise →	significantEvent
Ofotfjord ("Naval Battle of Narvik") →	siteOf