Battle of Hegra Fortress
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battle-of-hegra-fortress-174-452290
title:
Battle of Hegra Fortress
text:
The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Part of the Norwegian campaign of World War II (April–May 1940)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hegra_Fortress
date created:
2005-09-19T18:00:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T14:08:56Z
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13
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