During the invasion of Norway, Narvik was an important Allied base, and it held out the longest until the "Big Switch" in 1940. Afterwards, the city was handed over to the Germans. When England left the alliance in 1941, Narvik then became an important base for U-boats tasked with sinking British ships carrying the BEF back to England.
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| - During the invasion of Norway, Narvik was an important Allied base, and it held out the longest until the "Big Switch" in 1940. Afterwards, the city was handed over to the Germans. When England left the alliance in 1941, Narvik then became an important base for U-boats tasked with sinking British ships carrying the BEF back to England.
- Narvik (Northern Sami: Narviika) is a town in the county of Nordland, Norway, in the Ofoten landscape in North Norway, inside the arctic circle. Narvik borders Evenes to the northwest, Bardu and Gratangen in Troms county to the north, Norrbotten County (Lapland) in Sweden to the south and east and Ballangen to the southwest.
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| - During the invasion of Norway, Narvik was an important Allied base, and it held out the longest until the "Big Switch" in 1940. Afterwards, the city was handed over to the Germans. When England left the alliance in 1941, Narvik then became an important base for U-boats tasked with sinking British ships carrying the BEF back to England.
- Narvik (Northern Sami: Narviika) is a town in the county of Nordland, Norway, in the Ofoten landscape in North Norway, inside the arctic circle. Narvik borders Evenes to the northwest, Bardu and Gratangen in Troms county to the north, Norrbotten County (Lapland) in Sweden to the south and east and Ballangen to the southwest.
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