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IMAGES OF WAR
NARVIK AND
THE NORWEGIAN
CAMPAIGN
1940
RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM
WARTIME ARCHIVES
PHILIP JOWETT
First published in Great Britain in 2022 by
P E N & S W O R D M I L I T A RY
an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Yorkshire – Philadelphia
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Philip Jowett, 2022
ISBN 978-1-52679-654-7
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Contents
Introduction
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Chapter One
1
Defending Neutrality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter Two
3
The Build-up to Invasion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Chapter Three
The Fall of Denmark: Operation ‘Weserubung Sud’
. . . .
37
Chapter Four
The German Invasion of Norway
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Chapter Five
The Narvik Sea Battles, 10–13 April
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Chapter Six
The Germans Advance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Chapter Seven
The Allies Arrive in Norway
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Chapter Eight
Lillehammer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Chapter Nine
Air Warfare over Norway
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137
Chapter Ten
Allied Failures in Central Norway
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
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Chapter Eleven
The Fighting in Northern Norway, 8 May–1 June
. . . . .
167
Chapter Twelve
The Allied Evacuation from Central Norway
. . . . . . . . .
181
Chapter Thirteen
The Battle for Narvik, 14 April–28 May
. . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Chapter Fourteen
The End of the Norwegian Campaign
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221
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