Åndalsnes landings

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Åndalsnes landings
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.
Date19 April – early May 1940
Location
Åndalsnes, Romsdal, Norway
Result German victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Norway		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Bernard Paget
Harold Morgan
Strength
British 148th Infantry Brigade ~1,500 Men Unknown (Had heavy and light artillery Support), 3 Pz I or II, 1 Pz IV
Casualties and losses
~1,190 Casualties Light

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.

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