Battle of Åndalsnes

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Battle of Åndalsnes Part of World War II Date April and early May, 1940 Location Åndalsnes and points to the north and east, Norway Result German victory Belligerents United Kingdom Norway Nazi Germany Commanders Bernard Paget Eduard Dietl Casualties and losses  ?  ?

Nazi occupation of Norway Drøbak Sound – Midtskogen – Dombås – Namsos – Åndalsnes – Hegra – Vinjesvingen – Narvik – Gratangen – Operation Archery – Norwegian heavy water sabotage – Telavåg

The Battle of Åndalsnes took place in Åndalsnes in Romsdal, Norway in 1940 during the Norwegian Campaign.

After the German World War II invasion of Norway in April, 1940, British troops landed in Åndalsnes as a part of a pincer movement to take mid-Norwegian city Trondheim. The northern arm of the attack was based in Namsos, (see Namsos Campaign).

To thwart the British advance inland German Fallschirmjägers made a combat drop on the village and railroad junction of Dombås on 14 April.^[1]

Lacking control of the air, the forces at Åndalsnes were withdrawn in early May, 1940.

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