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Battle of Gratangen
Part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II
Date23–25 April 1940
Location
Gratangen, Norway
Result German victory
Belligerents
Battle of Gratangen Norway Battle of Gratangen Germany
Commanders and leaders
Overall:
Kristian Løken
I/IR12 (1st battalion of Infantry Regiment 12):
Nils Christoffer Bøckman
Strength
I/IR12 165 soldiers
Casualties and losses
34 killed
64 wounded
130 captured
6 killed
16 wounded
3 missing

The Battle of Gratangen occurred during the first Norwegian counter-attack in the Narvik Campaign. The Norwegian 6th Division gathered forces to push the Germans out of the Gratangen area and back towards Narvik. The first attack failed disastrously when the Germans counter-attacked unprepared Norwegian forces, routing a battalion and blunting the first Norwegian advance.

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