On The Road To Andalsnes

With the Allied landings at Namsos and Andalsnes the strategic and political importance of Trondheim was brought into sharp focus. Quickly implementing alternative planning, Von Falkenhorst ordered the German 196th Infantry Division to clear several key valleys and isolate Trondheim. …

1940-04-24

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With the Allied landings at Namsos and Andalsnes the strategic and political importance of Trondheim was brought into sharp focus. Quickly implementing alternative planning, Von Falkenhorst ordered the German 196th Infantry Division to clear several key valleys and isolate Trondheim. On April 24th, lead elements of the German division advancing along the valley leading to Andalsnes, where the British 148th Infantry Brigade had landed and was moving inland, found themselves stymied by fierce Resistance in the vicinity of Dombaas. With ammunition running low, and the road behind them threatened by the Norwegian 2nd Division, an urgent message was dispatched to bring up munitions and reinforcements. The 196th's HQ loaded an assortment of commandeered wagons with ammunition and sped them northward with all available troops.

Andalsnes, Norway

The Norwegian campaign was an attempted Allied occupation of northern Norway, during the early stages of World War II.

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