Narvik is most famously known for the Naval Battles of Narvik in 1940 between the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine during WWII. Narvik provided an ice-free harbor in the North Atlantic for iron ore transported by the railway from Kiruna in Sweden. Both sides in the war had an interest in securing this iron supply for themselves and denying it to the enemy, setting the stage for one of the first large-scale battles during the Second World War since the invasion of Poland.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Lapland and the Arctic North, March 2012
Narvik is most famously known for the Naval Battles of Narvik in 1940 between the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine during WWII. Narvik provided an ice-free harbor in the North Atlantic for iron ore transported by the railway from Kiruna in Sweden. Both sides in the war had an interest in securing this iron supply for themselves and denying it to the enemy, setting the stage for one of the first large-scale battles during the Second World War since the invasion of Poland.
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