Battles of Narvik

Aerial photograph showing British battleship HMS WARSPITE seen in the distance in action with the Narvik shore batteries during the second British naval action off Narvik, smoke from her guns hanging above the battleship. One of the British destroyers is seen on the left. Photograph taken from an aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. During this operation seven German destroyers were sunk or forced to beach themselves.

Image of Narvik, Norway, during World War II.

A boat load of Royal Engineers leaves HMS CAIRO on board a Motor Fishing Vessel to land at Narvik in Norway, June 1940. A boat load of Royal Engineers leaves HMS CAIRO on board a Motor Fishing Vessel to land in Narvik.

Skipsvrak etter kampene i Narvik Tittel / Title: Skipsvrak etter kampene i Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0047 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Hafen Narvik 1940- ein europäisches drama zeichnet sich ab…

Ett av de trettio fartyg som ligga på botten i Narviks hamn. I förgrunden en malmlastningskaj som totalt ramponerats.

An abandoned Royal Norwegian Air Force Fokker C.V-E at Narvik

Allierte soldater under kampene om Narvik Tittel / Title: Engelske og franske soldater under kampene om Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Ukjent/Unknown Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0009 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Wahrscheinlich kampfraum Narvik 1940! Französschise und wahrscheinlich norw. Soldaten bei einer truppenversorgung? Knipste hier ein gefangener Deutscher soldat? Wie kam das foto in Deutsche hand? Ein grosses rätsel! Oder schiffs brüchige Deutsche matrosen versorgen sich mit (...). Ausr(...)?

The anchor of the Norwegian coastal defence ship Norge outside the War Museum in Narvik.

Arne Dagfin Dahl, Norwegian military leader of WWII.

Narvik havn - Kampene om Narvik Tittel / Title: Kampene om Narvik? Dato / Date: 10.04.1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0207 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Beschiessung des hapens von Narvik 1940! Dieses foto ist im "Alarmbuch" Seite 61"

Battle of Narvik. British destroyers damage German fleet

The German Zerstörer 1934A class destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim beached and scuttled in the fjord Rombaksbotn near Narvik in Norway.

Den sprengte jernbanen i Narvik Tittel / Title: Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0007 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Narvik 1940- die gesprengte erzbahn

The harbour is Narvik Harbour. The building with the tall chimney is where Fagerveien 1 is today. The closest destroyer is the Diether von Roeder, the one further back is Wolfgang Zenker. Between Diether von Roeder and Wolfgang Zenker is the Norwegian patrol boat Kelt. Behind Wolfgang Zenker is the Norwegian patrol boat Senja and behind Senja is the Norwegian patrol boat Michael Sars. Source: (in norwegian) (1999) Fjellkrigen 1940: Lapphaugen - Bjørnfjell, Trondheim: Nord-Hålogaland regiment, p. 68 ISBN: 8299541204.

Narvik, beschädigter Hafen, Flugboot Do 24

Narvik, Hafen, gesunkene Schiffe

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kämpfe um Narvik: Eine Gruppe deutscher Gebirgsjäger bei Narvik 7660-40

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff" Scherl Bilderdienst Aktion in Norwegen: Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff" bringt verwundete Narvikkämpfer nach der Heimat. Freudig lachend Sieht dieser verwundeten Narvikkämpfer, dessen Brust das EK I und EK II schmücken, seiner baldigen Genesung in der Heimat entgegen. PK: Augst; Juli 1940

Tysk fly etter kampene om Narvik Tittel / Title: Tysk fly etter kampene om Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0043 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Kampfraum Narvik 1940- "er wollte heim, zu vater mutter und geschwistern seine flügel schmolzen unter der mitternachts- sonne (midnattsol)"- und er blieb verschollen….

Narvik havn, 1940 Tittel / Title: Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0039 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Leidgeprüfter hafen Narvik 1940

Ødelagt tysk bombefly - Heinekel HE 111 Tittel / Title: Narvik Dato / Date: 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0038 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Kampfraum Narvik 1940, (…) Deutscher horizontalbomber, sicherlich nach feindtreffer! Es ist eine HE 111 "-maschine"! Les mer om Heinekel HE 111 på Wikipedia.

Ødelagt tysk destroyer i Rombaken, 1940 Tittel / Title: Skipsvrak etter kampene om Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0042 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: 1940 im Rombakkenfjord- sicherlich ein Deutscher zerstörer- ein menetekel…?

Den ødelagte havnen i Narvik 1940 Tittel / Title: Narvik Dato / Date: Juni 1940 Fotograf / Photographer: Franz Hollerweger Sted / Place: Narvik, Nordland, Norge Eier / Owner Institution: Arkiv i Nordland Lenke / Link: Arkiv i Nordland Arkivreferanse /Archive reference: AIN.NA143.0040 Fra Dag Skogheims Privatarkiv Tekst bak på bildet: Der verwüstete hafen von Narvik 1940

Higher Nazi officials on inspection on Ofoten line. Colonel-General Eduard Dietls cabin in the mountains above Narvik are being studied. The occasion was a trip through Northern Norway and Finland, as Reichskommissar Josef Terboven undertook in 1942. The small hut belonging is part of the facilities at Ofoten line and still exists