Hitler’s Pre-Emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940 (56 page)

Summer 2007 view of the Gratang Valley looking generally to the west-northwest, with Gratangsbotn Fjord in the distance. The ridgline to the right is where the Alta Battalion was located during the battle. (Courtesy of Magnor Kr. Fjellheim)

A 1984 photo of Bjerkvik from the west. (Courtesy of Magnor Kr. Fjellheim)

German Admiral Günther Lütjens.

Admiral Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord.

The town of Elverum in ruins.

German seaplane transport in Norwegian fjord.

The British destroyer
Glowworm
on fire as seen from the bridge of the German heavy cruiser
Admiral Hipper
.

German airborne drop near Narvik.

Narvik harbor after British attack on April 10 with two German destroyers at the pier.

German troops advancing through a burning Norwegian town.

German paratroopers landing at Bjørnefjell, near Narvik.

Adolf Hitler and Major General Eduard Dietl, commander of German mountain troops.

Brigadier General Marie Emilie Béthouart, commander of French forces at Narvik.