The Archive · 1940

Bitter Fighting To Take Narvik

Fierce Resistance by Germans Before Fall; — City Devastated

Paris, May 30.

The Allies met matchless resistance at Narvik on land and in the air, according to a dispatch from Stockholm, Under cover of violent barrage from British warships, it states, Allied troops entered the town from two sides, During the operation, German bombers did not cease- attacking, but several machines are claimed to have been brought down, The dispatch says the capture of Narvik has considerable importance. It has restored communications between the Allies and Sweden, The whole of north Norway is now protected by the Narvik front, which can be made a base for operations towards the south,—Reuter,

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