- The
Ofotfjord (English), Ofotfjorden (Norwegian), or Ufuohttá (Northern Sami) is a
fjord in
Nordland county, Norway. It is an
inlet of the
Norwegian Sea...
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troops on 6
April and set sail the next day. When they
arrived at the
Ofotfjord, west of Narvik, on the
early morning of 9 April, the
three ships of the...
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Narvik were
fought from 9
April to 8 June 1940, as a
naval battle in
Ofotfjord and as a land
battle in the
mountains surrounding the
north Norwegian...
- ORP Gryf.
There were two
ships built: ORP Grom - Sunk on 4 May 1940 in
Ofotfjord near
Narvik ORP Blyskawica -
Currently preserved as a
museum ship in Gdynia...
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Strandvatnet in
Nordland down to the left; only a
small isthmus separates the lake from
Ofotfjord....
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Norwegians kept on
fighting guerrilla operations inland.
Possession of the
Ofotfjord was also
important to the
German Kriegsmarine (navy)
since it provided...
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Tirpitz in the
Ofotfjord/Bogenfjord...
- War, for
which he was
awarded the
Victoria Cross. On 10
April 1940 in
Ofotfjord in Narvik, Norway, in the
First Battle of Narvik,
Captain Warburton-Lee...
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Battle of
Narvik – The
British Royal Navy
attacks the
German fleet in the
Ofotfjord. At Bergen,
German cruiser Königsberg is sunk by
British Fleet Air Arm...
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Anton Schmitt and Z18 Hans Lüdemann
landed troops at the
entrance to the
Ofotfjord while their sisters proceeded to
Narvik and Elvegårdsmoen to
unload their...
