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	World War II - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during much of the 1930s and 1940s, in Asia.
		The accepted view is that the war began in earnest on September 1, 1939 with the raid of Poland by Nazi Germany, and concluded on September 2, 1945 with the official surrender of the last Axis force, Japan.
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
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	Battles of Narvik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battles of Narvik were naval battles between the Royal Navy (the United Kingdom) and the Kriegsmarine (Germany) that occurred in April 1940 (during the Second World War).
		In this battle, five Royal Navy destroyers entered the harbour of Narvik where two destroyers of the Kriegsmarine were sunk, and five were seriously damaged.
		During the battle, a Fairey Swordfish launched from the HMS Warspite sank the submarine "U-64", making it the first U-boat to be sunk by an aircraft in the Second World War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Battle_of_Narvik (350 words)

	wwii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Japan had invaded China already in 1937 the (Second Sino-Japanese War), which sometimes is considered the start of the Second World War (Withdrawal of the Japanese after their defeat also catalysed the Chinese Communist Revolution.) Germany surrendered on May 7, 23:50 PM 1945, ending the war in Europe.
		Seesaw battles across the North African desert between Rommel's Afrika Korps and the British Eighth Army came to an end with the British Commonwealth victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
		The Second Battle of El Alamein occurred between October 23 and November 3, 1942 after Montgomery had replaced Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army.
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	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Luftwaffe was unable to defeat the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain and gain the air superiority needed to invade Britain.
		In the spring the Wehrmacht was able to restore the front line and make a successful riposte in the Second Battle of Kharkov, but their offensive at the massive Battle of Kursk (July 1943) was so unsuccessful that the Red Army were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
		The Second Battle of El Alamein occurred between October 23 and November 3, 1942 after Bernard Montgomery had replaced Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army.
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	The battle of Narvik
		During the second naval battle for Narvik on the 13th of April 1940, British destroyers attacked the vessels, which lay at anchor in Narvik harbor.
		Most ships of this class did not survive the second year of the war, two of them were even sunk by their own bombers, but in their few operational months, and they did some successful mining operations near the British coast.
		Narvik, situated north of the Arctic Circle, was a important link in the distribution network between the iron ore mines in Sweden and the German war industry.
	www.ocean-discovery.org /batleofnarvik.htm (4020 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Japan had invaded China already in 1937 the (Second Sino-Japanese War), which sometimes is considered the start of the Second World War (Withdrawal of the Japanese after their defeat also catalysed the Chinese Communist Revolution.) Nazi Germany surrendered on May 7, 23:50 PM 1945, ending the war in Europe.
		Seesaw battles across the North African desert between Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Eighth Army came to an end with the British Commonwealth victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
		In 1943 Germany made successful assaults at Kharkov, but their offensive at the massive Battle of Kursk was so unsuccessful that the Soviets were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
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	Wikinfo \| World War II:Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Americans continued to grind away at the defenders in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.
		Most likely learning from the example of World War I, the Western victors in the Second World War did not demand compensation from the defeated nations.
		After the war, many high-ranking Nazis and Japanese leaders were prosecuted for war crimes, as well as the mass murder of the Holocaust.
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	Sandwick Community Website \| Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Early in the Second War he was master of the SS 'PEVERTON', one of four ships which were loading ore in Narvik in Norway, when they were captured by the Germans after the first battle there in April 1940.
		After the second battle of Narvik, the Germans were forced to evacuate the area and the prisoners were force-marched over the border into Sweden.
		Narvik is over a hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle and the journey took them over the mountains between the two countries, where the endured blizzards, deep snows, and then later rough country with wild gorges and fjords.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /sandwick-community/jnicolson.html (1232 words)

	Why War? Keywords: World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Japan had invaded China already in 1937 the (Second Sino-Japanese War), which sometimes is considered the start of the Second World War (Withdrawal of the Japanese after their defeat also catalyzed the Chinese Communist Revolution.) Germany surrendered on May 7, 23:50 PM 1945, ending the war in Europe.
		Seesaw battles across the North African desert between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the British Eighth Army came to an end with the Commonwealth victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein.
		In November 1942, after the United States had joined the war, Allied troops landed in Vichy controlled West Africa and together with the Eighth Army reduced the Axis presence in Africa to a foothold in Tunisia.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/organizations/World_War_II (3253 words)

	Immersed - The International Diving Magazine - For the Technical diver and the adventurist. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The fight for Narvik resulted in more than 55 surface ships, submarines, U-boats and airplanes being sunk in the clear water in and around the port city.
		Along Narvik's shipping lanes are heavy metal buoys that protrude three feet into the air, marking the resting site of freighters sunk during the war.
		When it was grounded during the Second Battle of Narvik, it was in sight of the city.
	www.immersed.com /Articles/narvik__norway.htm (1123 words)

	Norway, Narvik, France, Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk
		In Norway, seaborne troops landed at Oslo, Kristiansand, Egersund and Bergen in the south, Trondheim in the centre and Narvik in the north.
		They then moved north to relieve Narvik, which was isolated by the Allies soon after the first German landings.
		The planned attack on Narvik was still to go ahead, but that same day the German Blitzkrieg was launched on Holland, Belgium and France.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2RN04-194004.htm (2195 words)

	Warspite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She was the first British battleship to undergo full modernization, (in 1933-36) and so despite her age found herself in the frontline in 1939.
		She played a supporting role at the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940, using her 15in guns with deadly effect in the confines of Narvikfjord, and using her floatplane to reconnoiter for the destroyers.
		Warspite was badly damaged by dive bombers during the Battle for Crete and had to be extensively repaired in the USA but returned for the invasion of Italy in 1943.
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	Heavy Price For Conquest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For his gallantry in what came to be known as the First Battle of Narvik, Captain Warburton-Lee posthumously received England's highest award, the Victoria Cross.
		With the arrival of the British battleship Warspite, the Second Battle of Narvik would begin around noon on the 13th, preceded on the 12th by an air strike from the carrier Furious.
		The Second Battle of Narvik ended with minor damage to two British destroyers but with half of Germany's destroyer fleet littering the fjords.
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	uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - Bases - Narvik, Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Narvik was captured after fierce fighting in April and May 1940, that cost both sides heavily especially the Germans (much of their destroyer force was lost).
		The British force (Vice Admiral William Whitworth) consisting the battleship HMS Warspite and 8 destroyers attacked 8 German destroyers (Capt. Bey) inside Narvik Bay on 13 April 1940 in what is often called The Second Battle of Narvik.
		During the first battle of Narvik the British lost 2 destroyers (Hunter and Hardy) with two others badly damaged.
	uboat.net /flotillas/bases/narvik.html (167 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of the River Plate in South America.
		Battle of Britain and gain the air superiority needed to invade Britain.
		Battle of Kursk (July 1943) was so unsuccessful that the Red Army were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
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	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Japan had invaded China already in 1937 the (Second Sino-Japanese War), which sometimes is considered the start of the Second World War (Withdrawal of the Japanese after their defeat also catalysed the Chinese Communist Revolution.) Nazi Germany surrendered on May 7, 23:51 PM 1945, ending the war in Europe.
		The war ravaged civilians more severely than any previous conflict (bringing to its first fruition the concept of total war) and served as a backdrop for genocidal killings by Nazi Germany as well as several other mass slaughters of civilians which, although not technically genocide, were significant.
		The Second Battle of El Alamein occured between October 23 and November 3, 1942.
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	the Wells Brothers' Battleship Index: Are Battleships Obsolete?
		Battle fleets of this era employed a screen of destroyers and light cruisers against torpedo boat attacks.
		While Japan was permitted fewer battleships than Britain or the United States, her entire battle fleet was concentrated in the Pacific Ocean; The US Navy battleships were divided between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Royal Navy's battleships were divided between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
		The Second Battle of Narvik, 13 April 1940, when HMS Warspite and her accompanying destroyers sank U-64 and eight German destroyers in the restricted waters of Vestfjord.
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	Operation Weserübung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Partly thanks to the Blücher sinking, royal family and parliament (including government) evaded the German invasion force; King Haakon refused to lay down arms; Clash at Midtskogen; bombs at Nybergsund; royal family, parliament, and national gold reserves moved northward ahead of the Germans.
		In the far north, Norwegian, French, Polish and British troops fought against the Germans over the control of the Norwegian winter harbour Narvik, important for the export of Swedish iron ore.
		The Germans evacuated on May 28, but due to the detoriating situation on the European continent, the allied troops were evacuated in Operation Alphabet – and the Germans recaptured Narvik on June 9, by then deserted also by the civilians.
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	HMS Firedrake Page 25
		This group of four pictures from left to right: Are the Firedrake with a wake from the damage sustained by the near miss in the Mediterranean in 1941, then another photo of the Firedrake in Gibraltar before she was damaged.
		Second row: Two new photos of the Firedrake sometime after January 1942 in her new livery after the repairs had been carried out in America, the first one is of her entering the Clyde and the next one shows her in the Atlantic.
		HMS Fame was one of Firedrake’s sisters, one of the 8th destroyer flotilla, she was at the sinking of U39 and at the second battle of Narvik.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake25.htm (1053 words)

	Diving Z2 Georg Thiele in Narvik
		Still recovering from the sea battle just 3 days earlier the fleet was in a poor condition to defend its newly claimed port and with no fuel to escape to sea the troops tried to flee on land.
		The Second Battle of Narvik saw many of the German destroyers run fast aground at the edge of fjords, allowing their crew and troops to jump ashore into the wooded hillsides before charges were set to disable the ships.
		In the course of battle she took on fresh wounds from HMS Eskimo and HMS Forester who pounded her with a barrage of shellfire.
	www.geocities.com /shipwrecks_magazine/narvik.htm (1351 words)

	Lieutenant-Commander Ben Rice \| Obituaries \| News \| Telegraph
		At the Second Battle of Narvik in 1940 his Swordfish was catapulted off Warspite in search of German destroyers which had landed troops on the Norwegian coast.
		Although Rice was the first rating pilot to land on an aircraft carrier, on his second attempt to do it, on the same day in February 1939, his tailhook broke, and the aircraft bolted over the side of Courageous; but he managed to land safely on his third attempt, using only brakes.
		After being bombed during the battle for Crete, Warspite was sent to the United States for repairs, refuelling at Pearl Harbor in August 1941.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2003/05/19/db1901.xml (1087 words)

	Weserubung: The German Invasion of Norway, 1940 British Counterattack
		Two sea battles, fought inside the fjords leading to and around Narvik on April 10 and 13, were to prove disastrous to the Kriegsmarine.
		After the second battle of Narvik, Admiral Whitworth had signaled the Admiralty on April 13 and 14 that direct occupation of Narvik would be a simple matter.
		Once Narvik was taken and the vital ore carrying and handling facilities were destroyed, it was estimated that the Germans would be unable to use the port for a year.
	www.magweb.com /sample/sconflic/co03wesc.htm (2783 words)

	Zerstörer Wolfgang Zenker
		After an hour of mayhem, the British were making their last pass prior to withdraw when they were surprised by Z9, Z12 and Z13 emerging from Herjangsfjord to the northeast.
		Z9 fired one salvo of four torpedoes at HMS Cossack and her last four shortly before turning back for Narvik at 1330.
		By this time most of their remaining ammunition had been shot off, (Z9 was, in fact, completely out of ammunition) and Bey ordered his ships to retreat up Rombaksfjord.
	www.bjerkvik.gs.nl.no /Jagere/Zenker.htm (639 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003d Surface vessels (1905-1919) > Battleships - Super Dreadnoughts > ...
		In 1916, she was Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas's flagship of the 5th Battle Squadron temporarily attached to Admiral David Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet at the battle of Jutland, where she received five hits and fired 337 shells.
		Warspite would, after the Battle of Jutland, be plagued with steering problems for the rest of her life.
		During the Battle of Calabria she was credited with achieving the longest range gunnery hit from a moving ship to a moving target in history.
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	Battle of Narvik (Norway) 1940 - Military Photos
		Allied troops landed in Narvik to prevent germans from using it as a transfer harbour to transport iron ore form Sweden, and also hoped that remaining Norvegian units aided by allies can stop germans here and then counteratack.
		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.
		During the battle, a Fairey Swordfish catapult aircraft launched from the HMS Warspite sank the submarine "U-64", making it the first U-boat to be sunk by an airplane in World War II.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=6646 (629 words)

	Erich Giese \ Z-12
		During the second naval battle for Narvik on the 13th of April 1940, British destroyers attacked the vessels which laid at anchor in Narvik harbor, but were themselves attacked by several German destroyers during the attack.
		Most ships of this class did not survive the second year of the war, two of them were even sunk by own bombers, but in their few operational months, they did some successful mining operations near the British coast.
		Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 heading for Narvik, where it was sunk on 13.04.1940 after a battle with 6 British destroyers.
	www.skovheim.org /located/nordland/erichgiese/egiese.html (852 words)

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