Narvik And The Norwegian Campaign 1940

Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,8 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 : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526796546

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Narvik and the Norwegian Campaign 1940: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives 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 : Anthony Dix
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834545

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The Norway Campaign and the Rise of Churchill 1940 by Anthony Dix Pdf

While the campaign in Norway from April to June 1940 was a depressing opening to active hostilities between Britain and Nazi Germany, it led directly to Churchill's war leadership and The Coalition. Both were to prove decisive in the long term.This well researched work opens with a summary of the issues and personalities in British politics in the 1930s. The consequences of appeasement and failure to re-arm quickly became apparent in April 1940. The Royal Navy, which had been the defence priority, found itself seriously threatened by the Luftwaffe's control of the skies. The economies inflicted on the Army were all too obvious when faced by the Wehrmacht. Losses of men and equipment were serious and salutary.As the Author describes, the campaign itself was fought in three phases: the landings in support of the Norwegians, the evacuation from Central Norway which led to Chamberlain's resignation and, finally, the campaign in the North which remained credible until the fall of France. At the same time he covers the political background and activity in London and cabinet in-fighting.The Norway Campaign and the Rise of Churchill 1940, with its informed mix of politics and war fighting, provides a well informed and balanced overview of the opening campaign of the Second World War and its immediate and wider consequences.As featured in the Dover Express, Folkestone Herald and Essence Magazine.

Author : Major Michael W. Richardson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786250780

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Forcible Entry And The German Invasion Of Norway, 1940 by Major Michael W. Richardson Pdf

The air-sea-land forcible entry of Norway in 1940 utilized German operational innovation and boldness to secure victory. The Germans clearly met, and understood, the conditions that were necessary to achieve victory. The central research question of this thesis is: What lessons concerning setting the conditions for present day forcible entry operations can be gleaned from the successful German invasion of Norway in 1940? Forcible entry is the introduction of an aggregation of military personnel, weapons systems, vehicles, and necessary support, or a combination thereof, embarked for the purpose of gaining access through land, air, or amphibious operations into an objective area against resistance. This aggregation of military force attempts to set conditions that cripple the enemy’s ability to react decisively to, or interfere with, the forcible entry operation. The German emphasis on surprise and speed, an effective psychological campaign, and combined operations under a unified command in the invasion of Norway rendered the Norwegian and Allied intervention forces (including the Royal Navy which dominated the seas in the area) incapable of seriously interfering with the German forcible entry.

Author : Graham Rhys-Jones
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844689293

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Churchill and the Norway Campaign, 1940 by Graham Rhys-Jones Pdf

On 9 April 1940, the German Armed Forces seized Norway and Denmark in an operation remarkable for its precision and boldness. The Chamberlain War Cabinet was caught on the hop and responded with ineptitude.While this book examines the making of grand strategy it is first and foremost the story of this ill-fated campaign. It describes the attempts of naval and military commanders to respond to daily shifts in government policy and to grasp the methods of a new kind of enemy one which seemed willing to take extraordinary risks and which had regained a level of tactical mobility not seen since Napoleonic times. Norway has been eclipsed by the larger disasters which followed shortly after notably the evacuation from Dunkirk and the fall of France. Although there is a substantial body of printed material touching on the subject, few accounts provide a clear view of the campaign as a whole and fewer still are easy to read. While the book concentrates on the higher levels of decision-making (War Cabinets, Chiefs of Staff, and Theater Commanders), it gives equal emphasis to land, sea and air operations and the men who under took them and provides, as far as possible, an even balance between British and German perspectives.

Author : David Greentree
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 42,5 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 : United States Military Academy. Department of Military Art and Engineering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UCAL:B5028332

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The Campaign in Norway, 1940 by United States Military Academy. Department of Military Art and Engineering Pdf

Author : Evan McGilvray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Narvik, Battle of, Narvik, Norway, 1940
ISBN : 1911512285

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Narvik and the Allies by Evan McGilvray Pdf

This work is about the co-operation between the Allies in Norway between April and June 1940 by initially considering the military-politics of the period August 1939 until the German invasion of Norway in April 1940. Much of the work examines the role of the Independent Podhalian Rifle Brigade and its interaction and dependency on the Allies as the Polish troops found themselves under French command. Other aspects of the Norwegian Campaign are also explored including inter-service co-operation amongst the Allies, how the Western Allies were still uncertain who their enemy really was and how successful Narvik actually was and what it meant for the UK during the summer of 1940.

Author : Geirr Haarr
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848320574

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The Battle for Norway by Geirr Haarr Pdf

This is the second book in a series of two, covering the events at sea during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, the first modern campaign in which sea, air and ground forces interacted decisively. Part one covers the events at sea off southern and western Norway where Norwegian and British forces attempted to halt the German advance out of the invasion ports as well as the stream of supplies and reinforcements across the Skagerrak. The second part focuses on the British landings in Central Norway where the Royal Navy for the first time had its mastery challenged by air superiority from land-based aircraft. Part three covers the events in and around Narvik where Norwegian, British, French and Polish naval, air and land forces were engaged in the first combined amphibious landings of WW II. Part four sums up the events during the evacuation in June, in which the first carrier task force operations of the war, including the loss of the carrier Glorious, figure prominently. As in the first volume, the narration shifts continuously between the strategic and operational issues, and the experiences of the officers and ratings living through the events. Extensive research and use of primary sources reveals the many sides of this war, some of which remain controversial to this day.

Author : Franöois Kersaudy
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803277873

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Norway 1940 by Franöois Kersaudy Pdf

En forholdsvis nyforsket redegørelse for det, som det, som anmelderne benævner den ødelæggende og inkompetente allierede kampagne, som franske og engelske styrker, støttet af nordmændene udførte til Norges forsvar i 1940. Der er fokus på politiske og militære fejl i kampagnen og dennes konsekvenser.

Author : James Louis Moulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011284216

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A Study of Warfare in Three Dimensions by James Louis Moulton Pdf

Author : Jack Adams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1989-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850520361

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The Doomed Expedition by Jack Adams Pdf

The Doomed Expedition tells the story of the counter against the German invasion of Norway and its failings.

Author : Jack Greene,Alessandro Massignani
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783469772

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Hitler Strikes North by Jack Greene,Alessandro Massignani Pdf

A detailed account of Germany’s groundbreaking Operation Weserübung, the first three dimensional—land, sea, air—strategic invasion in history. The German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 brought a sudden and shocking end to the “Phoney War” in the West. In a single day, multiple seaborne and airborne landings established German forces ashore in Norway, overwhelming the unprepared Norwegian forces and catching the Allied Powers completely by surprise. Their belated response was ill-thought-out and badly organized, and by June 9 all resistance had formally ended. The strategic importance of Scandinavian iron ore, shipped through the port of Narvik to Germany, was the main cause of the campaign. The authors show how Allied attempts to interdict these supplies provoked German plans to secure them, and also how political developments in the inter-war years resulted in both Denmark and Norway being unable to deter threats to their neutrality despite having done so successfully in the First World War. The German attack was their first “joint” air, sea, and land operation, making large-scale use of air-landing and parachute forces, and the Luftwaffe’s control of the air throughout the campaign would prove decisive. Although costly, particularly for the Kriegsmarine, it was a triumph of good planning, improvisation and aggressive, determined action by the troops on the ground. Making full use of Norwegian, Danish, and German sources, this book is a full and fascinating account of this highly significant campaign and its aftermath both for the course of the Second World War and the post-war history of the two countries conquered with such unprecedented speed.

Author : Karol Zbyszewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Narvik, Battle of, Narvik, Norway, 1940
ISBN : UOM:39015031933891

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The Fight for Narvik by Karol Zbyszewski Pdf

Author : David Brown
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0714651192

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Naval Operations of the Campaign in Norway, April-June 1940 by David Brown Pdf

This is the official Naval Staff history of the Norway campaign, originally published internally in 1951. It covers the period from early April 1940 to the completion of operations in June. The operation involved most of the Royal Navy's ships in the Home theatre at the time.