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 and leaders

Bernard Paget

Casualties and losses

Norwegian Campaign

Drøbak Sound Lofoten Midtskogen Dombås Namsos Åndalsnes Hegra Vinjesvingen Narvik Gratangen

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

After the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, British troops landed in Åndalsnes as 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 prevent the British from advancing inland, German Fallschirmjägers made a parachute drop on the village and rail road junction of Dombås on 14 April.^[1]

Lacking control of the air, the British forces at Åndalsnes were withdrawn in early May 1940.

References

^ Bjørn Jervaas. "The Fallschirmjäger Battle at Dombaas". Norway during world war 2. http://www.nuav.net/fallschirm.html. Retrieved 22 January 2009.