Battle of Dombås
1940 battle between Norwegian army forces and German paratroops / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Dombås was fought between Norwegian Army infantry forces and German Fallschirmjäger paratroops in mid-April 1940. As part of their conquest of Norway south of Trondheim, and as a countermeasure against reported Allied landings in the Romsdal area of south-western Norway, the Germans dropped a company of paratroopers near the vital railroad junction of Dombås[8] on 14 April 1940. For the next five days, the German force blocked the Dovre Line railroad line between Oslo and Trondheim, as well as the main road between the two cities.
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Battle of Dombås | |||||||
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Part of the Norwegian campaign of the Second World War | |||||||
German Junkers Ju 52 downed at Dombås | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Norway | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
14–17 April: Ivar Navelsaker[1] 17–19 April: Arne Sunde[2] | Herbert Schmidt (POW)[3] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
–17 April: 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 11[3] No. 1 Company of Infantry Regiment 5[4] 17–19 April: 1st Battalion, Infantry Regiment 11 No. 1 Company of Infantry Regiment 5 •Machine gun platoon from NoAAS Jagevingen 40 mm anti-aircraft gun[5] 19 April: •Rail-mounted howitzer manned by Royal Marines[2] |
4 officers and 181 men of the 1st Company, 1st Regiment of the 7th Flieger Division[6] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20 dead 20 wounded[7] |
During the drop: 15 dead, 20 wounded and 14 injured 7 Junkers Ju 52s shot down, an eighth Ju 52 landed in Sweden and sank through a frozen lake. During the fighting: 6 killed 6 wounded ~150 captured |
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