- 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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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...
- 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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Tirpitz in the
Ofotfjord/Bogenfjord...
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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...
-
Strandvatnet in
Nordland down to the left; only a
small isthmus separates the lake from
Ofotfjord....
- but the
German warships used
their superior speed to escape. In the
Ofotfjord leading to Narvik, the ten
German destroyers of
Gruppe 1 made
their approach...
- 1940 A C-class
light cruiser sunk by
German aircraft in Lavangsfjord,
Ofotfjord, near Narvik, Norway. 68°33′32″N 16°33′29″E / 68.559°N 016.558°E /...
- in the
second battle of Narvik. She
accompanied nine
destroyers into
Ofotfjord,
where eight German destroyers were sunk or scuttled. Warspite's catapult...
