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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, episode 174, the invasion of Norway

in the snows of Narvik.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Harry, Scott, and Liz for choosing

to support the podcast by becoming members. You can find out more by going to History of the

Second World War.com slash members. Last episode, we discussed the fighting that would occur in

central Norway, as the Germans continued to push their troops north against primarily

Norwegian defenders.

This episode will once again shift focus to northern Norway and the fighting that would occur on land around Norvik,

where British, French, and Norwegian troops would all attempt to take back some of the territory

that German troops had captured during and after they had landed at Narvik in the opening hours of the campaign.

The fighting in this area of Norway was very different than the fighting that occurred

further south, where the Germans generally had the advantage in terms of equipment and fire

power.

Because of the way that the Germans had arrived in Narvik aboard destroyers and the limited

supplies that had reached them after the landing,

the German defenders were forced to scrounge for the ammunition and supplies,

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