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This is a list of Norwegian military equipment of World War II. This list will mainly focus on the equipment of the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign or World War II invasion of Norway by Nazi Germany. For Norwegian resistance or other Norwegian forces after the German occupation of Norway please put them under different headers to ...
Krag–Jørgensen M1894 [2] Krag-Petersson reserves. Kammerlader M1860/67 reserves. Jarmann M1884 reserves. Remington M1867 reserves. Mauser Karabiner 98k Norwegian resistance. Lee-Enfield Norwegian resistance. M1 Carbine Norwegian resistance. M1917 Enfield Norwegian resistance.
The campaign was fought until 10 June 1940 and saw the escape of King Haakon VIIand Crown Prince Olavto the United Kingdom. A British, French and Polish expeditionary force of 38,000 troops landed in the north. It had moderate success but made a rapid strategic retreat after the Battle of Francebegan on 14 May.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) was established by a royal decree on 1 November 1944, thereby merging the Army and Navy air forces. No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron defended London from 1941 and was the highest scoring fighter squadron in South England during the war.
The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The Army participated in various continental wars during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries as well, both in Norway and abroad, especially in World War II (1939–1945).
The Royal Norwegian Navy(Norwegian: Sjøforsvaret, lit. 'Sea defence') is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forcesresponsible for navaloperations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard. As of 2008[update], the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized ...
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.
French Third Republic. Polish Armed Forces in the West. The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. The two naval battles in Ofotfjord on 10 April and ...