Åndalsnes landings
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Åndalsnes landings | |||||||
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Part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II | |||||||
The crew of a Hudson of No 224 Squadron, N7264/QX-Q, inspecting damage to their aircraft sustained during an operation to support troops landing at Andalsnes in Norway, April 1940. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom Norway | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bernard Paget Harold Morgan[1] | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
British 148th Infantry Brigade ~1,500 Men | Unknown (Had heavy and light artillery Support), 3 Pz I or II, 1 Pz IV [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~1,190 Casualties | Light |
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The Åndalsnes landings were a British military operation in 1940, during the Norwegian Campaign of World War II. Following the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, a British Army expeditionary force was landed at Åndalsnes, in Romsdal, to support Norwegian Army units defending the city of Trondheim. British forces were also landed at Namsos, north of Åndalsnes, in a complementary pincer movement. The British landings were unsuccessful and the Allies suffered a significant defeat at Åndalsnes.