Norwegian Edelweiss

Operation Wildente had pushed the Allied troops all the way up to Mo I Rana. Brigadier Fraser was ordered to hold that area for as long as possible. The forces at his disposal were the Scots Guards, five Independent Companies, a few platoons of Norwegians, as well as a platoon …

1940-05-17

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Operation Wildente had pushed the Allied troops all the way up to Mo I Rana. Brigadier Fraser was ordered to hold that area for as long as possible. The forces at his disposal were the Scots Guards, five Independent Companies, a few platoons of Norwegians, as well as a platoon of Swedish Volunteers, who had experience from the Winter War in Finland. The Independent Companies were an experimental force specializing in mobility and guerilla operations. These were the units that would later evolve into the Commandos. Despite warnings, Fraser chose not to prepare any defenses on his eastern flank, considering the mountain Kobbernageln to be too hard to cross for the Germans. His opponent, General Lieutenant Feuerstein was in charge of the continued German advance after Wildente. He ordered a flanking maneuver by his Gebirgsjägers, while a minor detachment was to make a frontal attack, in order to keep the defenders locked in combat for as long as possible.

Stein, Norway

The Actions in Nordland were part of the 1940 Norwegian Campaign of World War II. They were a subsidiary part of the Allied attempt to recapture Narvik. When the Germans achieved victory in the Campaigns in Central Norway, they began advancing north through Nordland to relieve the German forces isolated in Narvik. To prevent the Germans either relieving Narvik or capturing airfields within easy range, some small British and French units were deployed to the southern part of Nordland county early in May. A more powerful force (mainly British, but with some local Norwegian units) was detached from the expeditionary force besieging Narvik to northern and central Nordland in the middle of May. This force's arrival was disrupted by German air attacks on the ships carrying its units. German mountain troops forced the Allies back to within a few miles of their base at Bodø. The Allies had already decided to evacuate Norway at this point, and the force at Bodø was withdrawn without incident, with the last units departing by 1 June 1940.

German

British / Swedish

Scenario Type = Standard