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On Mon. 06 may 1940 German mountain troops of the 2nd Gebirgsj_ger Div.....

1940-05-06

The story

German mountain troops of the 2nd Gebirgsj_ger Division continued their slow march north from Trondheim, Norway to Narvik, where South Wales Borderers of the British 24th Brigade, French Chasseurs Alpins mountain infantry, and French colonial artillery troops continued to assert pressure on the German troops. Off Narvik, British cruiser HMS Enterprise was slightly damaged by a near miss by an aerial bomb, killing one Royal Marine. Meanwhile, the Norwegian gold reserves arrived in London, England, United Kingdom.

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