In Which We Serve
Here in the story
At sea
In her first action off Norway, the Torrin is hit by a torpedo and towed home under attack from dive bombers.
What happened here
Narvik's ice-free harbour shipped Swedish iron ore to Germany, which made it a prime target when Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940. German destroyers sank the Norwegian coastal defence ships Eidsvold and Norge, but two Royal Navy attacks on 10 and 13 April destroyed all ten of them. Norwegian, French, Polish and British troops retook the town on 28 May, then withdrew in early June as France collapsed.
Films and series set in Narvik
Narvik
Here in the story
City
Home on leave for his son's birthday, Corporal Gunnar Tofte wakes before dawn to find German soldiers landing in the harbour.
At sea
British warships storm into the fjord and battle the German destroyers while Ingrid and her son shelter in a basement.
Front line
Forced to haul German supplies, Gunnar is freed in an Allied attack and joins the fight to take back the town.
Battle
The Allied assault on Narvik begins, and Gunnar races to reach his family in the ruined town.
Events at Narvik
War
Germany invades Norway
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to secure Swedish iron ore shipped through Narvik and bases on the Atlantic. Allied landings failed, and the fiasco led to Neville Chamberlain's replacement by Winston Churchill.
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