Narvik

Author : Alex Buchner
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612009186

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Narvik by Alex Buchner Pdf

“An intensely detailed historical account and counterfactual analysis of the strategic dilemmas faced by German and Allied forces at Narvik.” —Naval Historical Foundation Published for the first time in English, this is a German account of the German invasion of Norway in the spring of 1940. It focuses on the efforts of Group “1” led by Eduard Dietl. This group of Gebirgstruppen—mountain troops—was landed at Narvik in early April by ten destroyers. These ships were then all sunk by the Allies. Dietl’s troops were outnumbered by Allied troops but his defense utilized ammunition, food and sailors from the sunken ships and his men retook Narvik once the Allies abandoned their efforts to push the Germans out of Norway. “The book does provide detailed accounts of the numerous battles and skirmishes around Narvik in the spring of 1940. The maps are useful to help understand the terrain and geography. The focus of the text is at the tactical level, and any historian interested in the tactics of the Norwegian campaign or of German mountain troops at this time would find this especially useful.” —Journal of Military History “The story of Dietl’s improvisation in the face of such inadequacies is quite impressive . . . the best account in English of the German side of Narvik.” —Stone & Stone Second World War Books “A fascinating look at the battle from the German side. While the book does reflect the attitudes of the time it was written, it also reveals what the German troops faced and provides a good account of the various engagements in and around Narvik.” —WWII History Magazine

Author : Lizzie Nunnery
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780571337422

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Narvik by Lizzie Nunnery Pdf

If I was to throw myself beneath that tide... If I was to let the water take me, 'til the cold felt like heat, like love...Present day, Liverpool. All alone, an old man falls in a basement and loses consciousness. World War Two, Norway. A young sailor with a heart full of hope, longing and courage falls in love. Narvik tells the story of a Liverpudlian man and a Norwegian woman pulled together and torn apart by war as the events of one summer cause ripples across an ocean of time. Inspired by the tales of navy veterans, this is a play where music and words meet, a powerful story of love, guilt, heroism and betrayal.Narvik was nominated for Best New Play in the 2017 UK Theatre Awards.

Author : David Greentree
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472849113

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Narvik 1940 by David Greentree Pdf

In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway – with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French and German units that fought the land campaign over northern Norway. Highly detailed maps guide you step by step through the events. Few other books on Narvik give you as much detail on the forces of the fighting five. From Gebirgsjägers to Guardsmen, Fallschirmjägers to Foreign Legionnaires, it offers you an impressive level of tactical detail, even down to company command, whilst also helping you understand the strategic confusion surrounding the whole Allied expedition to the north too. Among the naval clashes covered in this action-packed story are the destroyer battles in the fjords, the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and the roles the famous battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau played in the fighting. No less dramatic are the land battles, which include amphibious landings, sabotage, commando raids, daring ski missions and a rare parachute insertion by Gebirgsjäger troops.

Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526796554

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Narvik and the Norwegian Campaign 1940 by Philip Jowett Pdf

The Norwegian campaign, fought in 1940, early in the Second World War in Europe, is overshadowed by the campaign in Poland that preceded it and the German blitzkrieg in the Low Countries and France that followed, yet it was a close contest from the military point of view and it had a far-reaching impact on the rest of the war. Philip Jowett’s photographic history is a vivid introduction to it. In a concise text and a selection of over 150 photographs he traces the entire course of the fighting in Norway on land, at sea and in the air. He describes how important it was for the Allies – the Norwegians, British and French – to defend northern Norway against the Germans, in particular to retain control of the strategic port of Narvik. The book documents in fascinating detail the troops involved, the aircraft and the large naval forces, and gives an insight into the main episodes in the conflict including the struggle for Narvik and the major clashes at sea which culminated in the loss of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier Glorious. The photographs are especially valuable in that they show the harsh conditions in which the fighting took place and offer us a direct impression of the experience of the men who were there.

Author : Alexander Fullerton
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781911591535

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Storm Force to Narvik by Alexander Fullerton Pdf

From a British author known for “superb” action sequences, a WWII navel thriller set during the German campaign against Scandinavia (The Observer). Everard is returns in a new global conflict. British Captain Nick Everard’s destroyer is crippled by Nazi gunfire in the German invasion of Norway. Nothing seems able to stop the advance across Europe and the Royal Navy is in a tight situation. Desperately attempting to repair his ship hidden in a remote fjord, Everard is unaware that his son is part of an Allied naval flotilla converging on Norway, and the two are fated to join forces in a deadly arctic battle. Moving into a new and explosive phase of Everard’s career, Storm Force to Narvik takes us deep into the action and danger of the Second World War. Praise for Alexander Fullerton: “Impeccable in detail and gripping in impact.” —Irish Independent “The research is unimpeachable and the scent of battle quite overwhelming.” —Sunday Times “Has the ring of truth and the integrity proper to a work of art.” —The Daily Telegraph “The prose has a real sense of urgency, and so has the theme. The tension rarely slackens.” —Times Literary Supplement

Author : Peter Dickens
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081189974

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Narvik by Peter Dickens Pdf

The story of the two battles of Narvik, fought on April 10th and 13th, 1940, amid arctic mists and snow.

Author : Joseph Montague Kenworthy Baron Strabolgi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Fjords
ISBN : IND:32000011208784

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Narvik and After by Joseph Montague Kenworthy Baron Strabolgi Pdf

Author : Johan Waage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942
ISBN : UOM:39015031933875

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The Narvik Campaign by Johan Waage Pdf

Day-to-day account of Allied efforts to thwart Germany's occupation of Norway's key northern port April to June 1940.

Author : Pierre-Olivier Lapie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Narvik, Battle of, 1940
ISBN : IND:32000011208735

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With the Foreign Legion at Narvik by Pierre-Olivier Lapie Pdf

Author : Martin Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942
ISBN : UOM:39015026978224

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Sea Battles in Close-up: Narvik, Crete, Malta Striking Forces, Java Sea, Sirte, attack at source, Tirpitz, Operation Neptune, the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf by Martin Stephen Pdf

Author : Karol Zbyszewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : WISC:89100004738

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The Fight for Narvik by Karol Zbyszewski Pdf

Author : Adam R. A. Claasen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050705147

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Hitler's Northern War by Adam R. A. Claasen Pdf

Adolf Hitler had high hopes for his conquest of Norway, which held both great symbolic and great strategic value for the Fuhrer. Despite early successes, however, his ambitious northern campaign foundered and ultimately failed. Adam Claasen for the first time reveals the full story of this neglected episode and shows how it helped doom the Third Reich to defeat. Hitler and Raeder, the chief of the German navy, were determined to take and keep Norway. By doing so, they hoped to preempt Allied attempts to outflank Germany, protect sea lanes for German ships, access precious Scandinavian minerals for war production, and provide a launchpad for Luftwaffe and naval operations against Great Britain. Beyond those strategic objectives, Hitler also envisioned Norway as part of a pan-Nordic stronghold—a centerpiece of his new world order. But, as Claasen shows, Hitler's grand expectations were never realized. Gring's Luftwaffe was the vital spearhead in the invasion of Norway, which marked a number of wartime firsts. Among other things, it involved the first large-scale aerial operations over sea rather than land, the first time operational objectives and logistical needs were fulfilled by air power, and the first deployment of paratroopers. Although it got off to a promising start, the German effort, particularly against British and arctic convoys, was greatly hampered by flawed strategic thinking, interservice rivalries between the Luftwaffe and navy, the failure to develop a long-range heavy bomber, the diversion of planes and personnel to shore up the German war effort elsewhere, and the northern theater's harsh climate and terrain. Claasen's study covers every aspect of this ill-fated campaign from the 1940 invasion until war's end and shows how it was eventually relegated to a backwater status as Germany fought to survive in an increasingly unwinnable war. His compelling account sharpens our picture of the German air force and widens our understanding of the Third Reich's way of war.

Author : Mikael af Ekenstam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8293090715

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Ski touring around Narvik : 82 mountains and six traverses in Norway and Sweden by Mikael af Ekenstam Pdf

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082983936

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : Ron Cope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1909477974

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Attack at Dawn by Ron Cope Pdf

On March 1, 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of Norway. Having swept across Europe at a terrifying pace, the Nazi assault on Scandinavia was designed to secure the valuable source of iron ore being delivered by rail from Sweden to the Norwegian port of Narvik. To complete the task, Hitler sent ten large, modern destroyers, with 220 Alpine Troops on each. Five smaller British H Class destroyers were sent up the fjord in retaliation by the Allied forces, with little knowledge of what to expect. On April 10, the first battle of Narvik began. Royal Naval Captain, Bernard Warburton-Lee, led his flotilla at midnight into the fjord. They had to navigate the four hour passage undetected, under darkness and in driving snow storms. The harbour - eerily silent on their arrival - quickly erupted into a torpedo attack. Back into the fjord, the destroyers Hardy, Hunter, Hotspur, Havock and Hostile were confronted by five German destroyers, coming from both the front and rear. This resulted in a ferocious sea battle with the loss of Hardy and Hunter and damage to the enemy ships. Those crew members who managed to abandon ship and swim ashore, under bombardment from the Germans, had to endure a ten mile march and pray for safe passage back to Britain in order to survive. Author Ron Cope delivers a comprehensive and gripping account of the Narvik battle, juxtaposing the myriad strategic difficulties encountered by the British Navy, with the vivid and insightful personal accounts of the brave survivors involved, most of whom were under the age of twenty-three. Including first-hand testimony from Cope's own father Cyril, a then twenty-one year old Torpedoman, and documents shared for the first time by the family of Captain Warburton-Lee, Cope presents an arresting account of this crucial British naval victory, as told by the sailors who were there. "Meticulously researched, Attack at Dawn relates the vivid real-life experiences of the British sailors who took part in the extraordinarily bold attack by five British destroyers against superior German forces at Narvik... and the desperate running battle that ensued as they tried to make their escape." John Warburton-Lee, grandson of Captain Bernard Warburton-Lee. V.C.