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The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940 as a naval battle in the Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian city of Narvik as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War.The two naval battles in the Ofotfjord on 10 April and 13 April were fought between the British Royal Navy and Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, while the two-month land campaign was fought between Norwegian, French, British, and Polish troops against German mountain troops, shipwrecked Kriegsmarine sailors and German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) from the 7th Air Division.

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  • The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940 as a naval battle in the Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian city of Narvik as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War.The two naval battles in the Ofotfjord on 10 April and 13 April were fought between the British Royal Navy and Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, while the two-month land campaign was fought between Norwegian, French, British, and Polish troops against German mountain troops, shipwrecked Kriegsmarine sailors and German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) from the 7th Air Division.
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  • Battle of Narvik
  • Naval battle preceding the first naval battle of Narvik
  • First naval battle of Narvik
  • Second naval battle of Narvik
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  • 3 destroyers damaged
  • 55 wounded
  • 1 destroyer heavily damaged
  • 2 coastal defence ships sunk
  • 2 destroyers sunk
  • 28 killed
  • 343 dead
combatant
  • France
  • Germany
  • Poland
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place of military conflict
result
  • British victory
  • German victory
  • German victory following Allied withdrawal
  • Initial Allied victory
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  • 8 destroyers
  • 9 destroyers
  • 1 aircraft carrier
  • 1 battleship
  • 5 destroyers
  • Two battalions of13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion
  • 1,000 Fallschirmjägers
  • 10 destroyers
  • 2 U-boats
  • 2 coastal defence ships
  • 2,000 Gebirgsjägers (mostly fromAustria)
  • 2,600 sailors
  • 342e CACC (15Hotchkiss H35tanks)
  • Four British battalions
  • Norwegian 6th Division
  • Four battalions of thePolish Independent Highland Brigade
  • Three battalions ofChasseurs Alpins
  • Total:24,500 men
  • Total:5,600 men
  • a small number of aircraft
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