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Battle of Gratangen
Part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II
Date
23–25 April 1940
Location
Gratangen, Norway
Result
German victory
Belligerents
Norway
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
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Norwegian campaign
Weserübung
Oslofjord
Egersund
Drøbak Sound
Fornebu
Kristiansand
Horten
Lofoten
Arendal
Narvik
Midtskogen
Dombås
Namsos
Åndalsnes
Kvam
Hegra
Gratangen
Høljarast Bridge
Vinjesvingen
Nordland
Alphabet
Juno
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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