Norway 1940: The Siege of Narvik
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Sources:
Richard Petrow, The Bitter Years: The invasion and Occupation of
Denmark and Norway April 1940-May 1945 (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974).
James Holland, The War in the West - A New History Vol. 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941 (kindle edition)
Corelli Barnett, Engage The Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War (Penguin, 1991)
Henrik Lunde, Hitler’s Preemptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940. (kindle edition)
Earl Ziemke, German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945. (kindle edition)
Video:
Clips from 'Deutsche Wochenschau: Der Kampf um Norwegen' a wartime German newsreel/propaganda film:
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“Industrial Cinematic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I hope you’ve enjoyed this series on the Battle for Norway in 1940. I’ve had a lot of fun making it, and later this year I plan to start a series on D-Day. If that sounds like something you’d like to support, consider chucking me a few dollars on Patreon: www.patreon.com/historigraph
Notes on the Video:
As always, I have tried my best with the pronounciations, but I had a bit of a cold still when I recorded the narration, so apologies to sounding a bit nasal at times. I did consult with Norwegian speakers as to the best way to say things, but my voice might have scuppered my attempts to sound right at times.
With this video I want to stress the complex nature of the battles- you shouldn’t take the visualisations of the battalions as exactly correct at all times, as I have had to guesstimate at sompe points as to the locations of units. Also bear in mind that battalions found themselves split up at various points, which added to the complexity.
The pronunciations sound pretty good, imho!
However, in the future, when in doubt, I suggest you take a look on forvo (I'm confident they will have recordings of the native pronunciation of most French names and placenames too) ->
forvo.com
thanks and cheers from Stockholm
Historigraph you should do the take over of france after this
As in after the norway series
Do the Netherlands 1940 next Or the hole Benelux.
Peter Berzilos i agree
This is what I meant by my earlier comment
It never occurred to me that Norway and Dunkerque happed at the same time.
Wait…wait..it did wow good find
Allies: This terrain is impassable
Norway: *German noises
Allies: Ok, THIS terrain is impassable
The Ardennes: *Tank nosies
But then, 1944 in Italy
Germany: THIS terrain is impassable
Mont Casino: Plays La Marseilles and Dombrovski Masuka
One would think that with how much the Second Punic War is studied this would stop surprising people.
@@nicholasavasthi9879 People say history doesn't repeat itself but somehow it does...constantly.
@@rantanplan178 Allies: Ok, THIS terrain is impassable
The Malayan Peninsula: *Tank noises
@@davidfreeman3083 They actually didn't think that, Nonte Cassino was heavely defended by first the 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division and then the 5. Gebirgs-Division.
After this series, I'm rather surprised at how the Norwegian campaign has been treated as so much of a footnote when it comes to documentaries, like on that one channel with reality shows and aliens...
Thank you for taking the time and effort to compile their stories together so they wouldn't be so easily forgotten.
As a Norwegian, I am happy that the new Battlefiled V game has the Battle of Narvik included, since my dad is from there.
Yeah, it's quite the story. You have the lack of response/action from the government and military leadership in the face of imminent invasion on the one hand, but you also have stories of heroic men doing the utmost with what little they had, and to be fair we did hold on for quite a while.
It's been treated as such as it portrays the Allies in poor light. Glad we have these videos though, been a pleasure to watch.
@@Jonra1 That doesn't seem very well founded in light of how much attention is given to the policy of appeasement; the failure to react aggressively to the invasion of Poland; and, of course, the swift collapse of France.
I believe that it was treated as a footnote because it was overshadowed by other events of the time, such as the fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation.
"Terrain that the Allies considered impassible" Gee Willikers I wonder where I've heard that before...
I gotta admit, that these videos on the invasion of norway, are some of the videos I've enjoyed most, for a long time. Keep it up!
100% agreed. Norwegian ww2 history is easy to forget but alot of interesting things happend, including the heavy water factory bombing at rjukan
They're pretty good, I also liked TIK's channel that's covering operations in North Africa as well.
There's a big budget movie on the Narvik campaign in production now, after years of planning it got its last bit of funding secured just this month.
@@LoftySkinner And now I've watched it, it's pretty good
If anyone is wondering, the Polish brigade at Narvik was the Independent Highland Brigade under general Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko - one of the units of the Polish army in exile recreated in France after the fall of Poland.
Fun fact about the "Highland" part in their name - in Polish it's actually "Strzelców Podhalańskich". The Strzelcy podhalańscy (Podhale Riflemen) are Polish equivalent of the German Gebirgsjäger or French Chasseurs alpins, the elite mountain troops named after the Podhale region in the foothills of the Tatra mountains - the highest range of the Carpathians.
This theoretically made them perfect for the Norwegian campaign. Unfortunately, while meant to continue that formation of Polish Military, this newly formed unit didn't actually get the full proper mountain training before getting shipped.
Also, they got evacuated not to Britain, but back to France, to take part in the already lost at this point battle. Remnants of the Brigade, that eventually managed to get to the UK, became a part of the Polish 1st Armoured Division.
My grandad was part of the highland divison after joining them after the cavalry divisons were killed in the invasion so he escaped to the uk
@@derb009gaming thank God.
Sadly, I can't remember where I read in detail about the Battle of Narvik, but I remember the Polish being pointed out as having the hardest task and fighting bravely.
The irony of the first battle/operation of the war being won for the Allies, and it was a combination of 3 occupied countries, and not the superpower Great Britain...
(Must be noted the British soldiers fought hard, it was their officers who were useless; and it took almost over a year for them to lay the "stiff upper lip" behind)
@@SebHaarfagre I can only tell what my uncle told me about the war. He was in the norwegian IR-15. He had not much good to tell about the british, but he said : "If anybody could tell us how to fight this war, it was the forces from Poland and the French Foreign Legion". Norwegian soldiers went a short way to become hardened veterans.
Edit: The british forces at sea was on another level.
@@PetterVessel Agreed on all accounts, for all I know.
This battle is the reason why my family now live in Sweden as my grandmother and her family escaped Narvik
Same
come back to norway
Oh the coincidences of history; if the Germans hadn't invaded Norway Anni-Frid wouldn't exist and we wouldn't have had ABBA.
How about that 480km hike! That was badass no matter which nation.
o/
My grandfather was in Narvik with the Chasseurs Alpins and brought from it a depressive feeling of uselessness (fight and victory for nothing but running away) and bitterness (abandon/treason of the Norwegians left behind). The intendency was poor too (food not enough) but the command at his level (soldier) was good.
It was the French and the Polish that really helped the Norwegians. The English land campaign at Narvik, Namsos and Åndalsnes was a disaster.
The movie, The Siege of Narvik, will have premiere this Christmas.
8:17 I'm from Mo i Rana and at the museum here you can find pictures taken by Germans showing them building makeshift raft bridges for the advance after British forces had blown up all bridges through.
mo i rana sug baaaaaaallllllllleeeee
Germans: We’re crossing
British: No
Germans: we weren’t asking
^
I feel the allies were kind of stuck in their thinking here.
France: They'll NEVER go through the Ardeen forest!
Germany: *Goes through forest*
Allies: The germans will NEVER go through the mountains!
Germany: *Goes through mountains*
Allies: *Suprised pikachu face*
It was kind of stupid of them to assume the mountains were impassible...I mean they were a Gerbirgsjager division..they're kinda TRAINED to go over mountains..
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I think there is a misconception here... The allies didn't think the mountainous terrain is impassable or that the germans wouldn't go through the mountains, but that it would take them "forever". And they wouldn't arrive before the 3dr Mt Div was out of ammo, food and space to be. ( They came close to this situation with food for some time having 1 slice of bread as the meal for the day) Remember, the 2nd Mt Div was marching by foot and small boats and floats (to cross rivers ect.) Whith all their ammo and food on their backs. In modern terms you reckon that troops on foot are able to march at around 4km/h +1hour for each 300m rising and 400m descent. So 480km on flat terrain (!) would mean 120 hours of just marching. ->10 hours a day -> 12 days, with all the Fjords, mountains to cross you could add another week to their reckoning.
Lastly there's something the allies also didn't consider: 3rd Mt Div was made up of guys from south east Austria (mostly Carinthia and Styria), while 2nd Mt Div was made up of guys from western Austria (Tyrol, Salzburg) In their view, they were heading north to help their fellow guys in need. (Mostly officers were "original" germans.)
Not that Britain was going to be able to hold on to Norway until D day. I think it would have stretched supplies and made later operations and perhaps even D day itself a harder task but if the British navy had prevented some of the operations to take Norway, the country may have stayed split in half until the end, giving the allies more tools and massive supply troubles for Germany.
Italy:they can't touch us here in Taranto!
Illustrious: *sinks half their navy*
Germany:we can easily capture Stalingrad!
Russians: *repels attack*
Japan:they won't invade us bc we'll kill their Friends!
America: *literally nukes them*
Axis: *surprised Pikachu face*
Cool series man. Nice that you address these things with a certain historical depth. Many CZcamsr produce very nice historical content, but don't always go all the way regarding historical accuracy. I think your on a good path at the moment. Keep it up.
Constructive criticism: there were at least 2 litte bits where you cut your voice a tiny bit. It happens to myself all the time in my vids too, so it isn't meant as a offense at all. One tends to overhear it, or just forget about it sometimes.
Exceptionally good!
I love every minute of it.
Regardless what others say it is worth the waiting.
It is free and extremely good, pleasure to watch.
I live in Harstad, which is only a couple off miles away from Narvik. My grandfather fought in Narvik
I was in Narvik this summer and visited the war museum next to their library. Quite an impressive exhibition. My dad is a ww2 enthusiast and often voices his regret that the British pulled out of Norway, when a converstion hits that this topic. I'm gonna mail him a link to this video.
I've always been more interested in classical and medieval history, so I was not aware before that point, that Poles took part in battles outside Poland. Maybe this is a good place to express my thanks to those Poles that fought abroad, with your own home under occupation.
On our way up through Sweden, to get to Northern Norway (we drove from Denmark), we were overtaken by a number of Polish fire fighters, on their way to combat forest fighters, so it seems you are still coming to our aid to this day. A thanks for that as well.
I hope the journey was great.
Ya drove from Denmark to Narvik?! That is a long way.
We usally drive down south to visit cousins, and just that takes a long time...
I was in narvik yesterday when I was playing battlefield 5
@@keiva8201 Yes, my dad happens to be annoyingly persistent when it comes to the distances he insists that he can drive. We stopped in a northern Swedish town I don't remember the name of to catch some sleep on the way. That night sucked, I just can't sleep in a car.
Lofoten was beautiful though, so it was worth the effort.
´´neutral`` Sweden
Either access to your railroad or become invaded, your choice.
Looking on a map ecplains "neutral" sweden
Also the germans were sw3dens biggest trading partner and buyer of ressources.
Yeah do you really think it would be a good idea to piss off the Germans?
@@Bragosso Do you really think Germany would have invaded Sweden for that?
@@Bragosso But it wouldn't really be worth it
Its nice to learn more deeply about my history. Especially in this detail. Thank you for making a series about norway.
My great grandfather served aboard warspite during WW2 and I never knew that Narvik was part of its service history! Thanks very much for this information
The Warspite was almost everywhere.
British: Total failure on land, but massive victory on sea.
German: Sinks an aircraft carrier
British: (O.O) ???
This series has really helped me out! I'm doing a dissertation about British responses to the fall of Norway so to have the context reiterated so neatly has been fantastic
Yes! The return of Historigraph!
Love your videos. You make everything so clear and digestible. You and History Matters are the only channels whose entire catalog I've viewed.
Thank you for the videos
These are some of the best videos I have seen on WW2. Extremely informative and not boring!
Loved this. Thanks so much for you deciding to do norway.
Love your great analysis of the more obscure battles of WW2!
These videos are so high quality it's crazy. Keep up the amazing work m8!!
These were all excellent videos and your channel is great. Thank you.
Stellar work, mr. Historigraph! Your videos are very informative!
Incredible Video, Very good.
That video was great. I did four years of military exercises between narvik and harstad. That was one of the best tours of DD that I had ever done. This video helps me to understand why we were there. Whenever possible I would go to a bunker that was built by the Germans in a small town between those two regions. It is still there and still used. Thank you video
Thank you for another great video!
Thank you for this masterpiece series!
Thank you very mutch for making these videos on the Norway campaign! I think it's a very important story to tell, that has recieved little recognition. Losing a fight does not mean that the fight was in vain, or that it does not deserve recognition as meaningfull. Norway during WW2 is often reduced to a story of occupation and resistance. The fact that Norway was a battlefield for sevral months is often forgotten, as well as the effort and meaning of norwegian wartime merchant sailors. I think the victors more or less want it forgotten, because it's a dark chapter in their story, it showns indecicivness, treachery and incompetence on their part. However, I think there are many lessons to be learned from the campaign, as well as the men who fought deserves recognition for their effort and sacrifice.
I genuinely enjoy these videos. Please keep it up my friend!
Great Videos and a lovely series! Thank you for bringing such knowledge to the masses)
I really enjoyed all 4 videos. Thank You!
GREAT SERIES! THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOADS!
these videos are amazing my dude, keep up the good work.
Great documentary! I have recently visited some of these locations and it's great to learn of their history
Great videos, informative and well produced!
I have seen this video about 4 times now i still enjoy it
Keep up the good work👍
Fantastic work. Love these videos.
Didn't really know a thing about the Norwegian WW2 campaigns until your videos because of inferior or non-existent presentation. Your videos are clear, compact and engaging to watch. Thank you!
Very impressive bro, I enjoyed it very much as I always did with ur earlier videos, keep on it bro like this.
What ever topic you are going to do next, I'll be waiting for it on the toes.. Really great job 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Love your great analysis of the more obscure battles of WW2!. Love your great analysis of the more obscure battles of WW2!.
These videos are so good. My favourite channel on CZcams? Good job! Such detail!
Very interesting video. Keep up the good work :)
I love these vids. Really great effort and research and editing
9:45, many cities were retaken during campaing in Poland, especially during Bzura offensive... Heavy combat did happened there in many pleaces...
Brilliant episode...
Amazing work. I learned a lot from the videos and realized how much I didn't know about ww1. Thx for sharing
Fantastic video as always, mate :)
God damn premier I wanted to watch this now
Deadclutch 13 in the time you Weight you can watch my taller butter butter
Space Teams lol
this has been excellent, thank you for this.
I love these videos! Great work!
as a norwegian I realy love your videos of the battle of Norwat. Keep up the good work!
Great work as usual!
Top notch video, as usual! I'd love to see you do something from the Pacific theater as your next video!
Great video series, i really enjoyed them
Brilliant! Thank you for documenting a lesser known part of WW2.
Chris Topping lesser known part? Norway was a big deal to both Nazi germany and the allies during the war, and played a big part in it.
Very professional, thanks
Nice video, really enjoyed it
Great video as always.
i AM SO GLAD YOU POSTED
Very good work in this videos!
Great video, tho sometimes it's hard to measure distances when the map is small. I'd like to see small ruler in the corner so we could understand the scaling of the maps. Looking forward to the future videos!
A really great and interesting video.
Great video sir. I salute you! Hope you will cover the battles of Benelux and France as well.
Great series, man! A big ty from me in Norway :)
Well done video.
I loved the use of Google maps with unit counter overlays.
Reminds me of TIK's BattleStorm videos.
Love your videos and your voice. You doing awesome man. Wish you would make videos more often😊👌
Quarter hour of great content as usual
Brilliant!!
I love your channel! Keep it up.
This series was awesome, please make more!!!!!!
Great video!
These videos are so passionating!
Love your speech, I think the division/battalion designations should be worked on, this is so confusing with these custom icons etc
All in all, brilliant work. I do not regret supporting on patreon
Love the series hope to see more soon.
Well done! Thank you.
Very nice work! Sad to see the Norway sereies be done :(
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NuDoFaCe takk skal se den
your videos make me so excited
Good series, I really like the style of your videos, what do you think of a series about the winter war? I do not know if there are enough sources but I think that series a good series with your style of videos.
Just watched the movie 'Narvik' and though I'd look for some more background info. Great video!
Loved this series ❤
Thanks for a first-rate account of the Norwegian campaign. Lots of the details of this campaign were unknown by me. As a Dutchman, much of my knowledge is focused on the German May-campaign in Holland, Belgium and France. Again, thanks for reminding me of this Norway-campaign.
Great job I really liked it
50k hype, congrats man, ive been here since your hungary video btw; anyway here's to 100k
great channel, wish I found it sooner. you got me as a sub!
I think German bravery should be acknowledged at the end of the video like how Dietl held out against terrible odds and Feuersteins advance. I mean 180km in two days is an INSANE feat.
That is physically impossible on foot.
i have absolutly loved this series, i cant help at feel quite a lot of pride since i am norwegian myself
amazing stuff
Yes, finally! Battle of Narvik !
"It's over Norway...I have the high ground"
Sentinel creed you underestimate my viking genes
@@fedda9999 YOU UNDERRESTAMATE MY BROWN CHEESE!!!!
I think this premier system is really stupid and might even reduces viewers. When I see this video and click on it and see this premier I get disappointed. Next I am unlikely to click on it again 'because I already clicked on it and it was in premier'. So that when it does go live I might miss it.
Thanks for the feedback, this is by no means going to be a regular thing
I agree and also CZcams seams unable to show anything in premier in more then 480 even if I can watch everything else in full resolution with no problem
@@historigraph 1hr or 30min preview might be a good compromise since that might keep most people sticking around and chatting beforehand
nobody is going to stick around 6 hours before a release though
I know it's far from definite info, but strange parts made a video on it. Coming to the conclusion that the premier system made youtubers lose views. czcams.com/video/Gz8UpKEhMQo/video.html
@@historigraph Ahhh good to hear. You are one of my favorite CZcamsrs so it would be a shame if this would take you down from a 10 to a 9 or 8.
Hi, first of all your work is great.
I would like to know what you use to make this videos?(I only want to know the parts, where u move divisions and ships on map)
I would like to use them in my history projects.
Keep up the good work!
Cool to watch this since I’m from Narvik and lived there all my life
160km in 2 days is very hard to do even without anything to carry, and on ideal terrain. This feat alone is beyond impressive
Thank you