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HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES

Edited by J. R. M. Butler

THE CAMPAIGN IN NORWAY

By T. K. Derry

D. Phil (Oxon.)

LONDON 1952
HMSO


CONTENTS



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EDITOR'S PREFACE vii
AUTHOR'S PREFACE xiii
TABLE OF OPERATIONS xv
CHAPTER I A Note on Norway 1
CHAPTER II Norway and the War: British and German Military Plans 9
CHAPTER III 9th April—The German Plan in Action 25
CHAPTER IV British Countermeasures by Sea and Air 43
CHAPTER V Land Operations: General Strategy (Part 1) 57
CHAPTER VI
The Advance Towards Trondheim 83
CHAPTER VII Initial Operations in Gudbrandsdal 97
CHAPTER VIII Gudbransdal—The Second Phase 113
CHAPTER IX The Evacuation of Central Norway 129
CHAPTER X Narvik—The First Landings 145
CHAPTER XI Land Operations: General Strategy (Part 2) 161
CHAPTER XII Narvik—Delaying Operations to the Southward 177
CHAPTER XIII The Capture of Narvik 193
CHAPTER XIV The Evacuation of North Norway 213
CHAPTER XV The Campaign in Retrospect 229
APPENDIX A
Instructions to Commanders 247
APPENDIX B
Lists of Forces Engaged
261
APPENDIX C
List of Published Sources 269
INDEX 271
UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
290

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MAPS

Norway End Papers
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1 (a) Naval Movements, 7th-9th April 42
2 Narvik: Battles, 10th and 13th April 50
1 (b) Naval Movements, 9th-13th April 56
3 The Environs of Steinkjer 96
4 South Norway 112
5 The Approaches to Trondheim 128
6 Romsdal and Gudbrandsdal 138
7 (a) British Air Operations in Norway: Bomber Limits and Fighter Bases 144
7 (b) German Air Operations in Norway: Bomber Limits and Fighter Bases 144
8 (a) The Road to the North: Mosjöen to Mo 186
8 (b) The Road to the North: Mo to Bodö 192
9 The Capture of Narvik 212
10 The Approaches to Narvik 220
11 Naval Movements, 8th-13th June 228

SKETCH MAPS

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Action at the Balbergkamp, 22nd April 109
Action at Tretten, 23rd April 111
Action at Kvam, 25th-26th April, 119
Action at Kjörem, 27th April 125
Action at Otta, 28th April 127
Action at Stien, 17th May 185
Action at Pothus, 25th-26th May 190

PHOTOGRAPHS

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Air View of Narvik From the Northwest Frontispiece
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Namsos Town and Harbour, Looking Inland Towards Grong 83
Aandalsnes and the Mouth of the Romsdal 98
Kvam, Seen From a Point North of the Church 120
View of Otta From the North, Showing the Two Spurs 126

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