First Battle of Narvik
In the
First Battle of Narvik on
April 10th,
1940, five
Royal Navy destroyers entered the harbour of
Narvik where five destroyers of the
Kriegsmarine were seriously damaged, thereof two sunk. Six other German ships were also sunk. And also two British destroyers sank. Both the German Commander, Commodore Bonte, and the British Commander, Captain Warburton-Lee, were killed in the battle.
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