Battle for Kvam
The Battle for Kvam took place 25 and 26 April 1940, in the Gudbrandsdal Valley in the village of Kvam, Oppland, Norway, between British, Norwegian, and German troops. The Germans were moving rapidly north up the river valley to conquer central Norway. In the battle, soldiers from 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), together with their Norwegian counterparts, held a rapidly advancing German army at bay for two days. It was one of the hardest fought battles of the Norwegian Campaign.
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Battle for Kvam
The Battle for Kvam took place 25 and 26 April 1940, in the Gudbrandsdal Valley in the village of Kvam, Oppland, Norway, between British, Norwegian, and German troops. The Germans were moving rapidly north up the river valley to conquer central Norway. In the battle, soldiers from 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), together with their Norwegian counterparts, held a rapidly advancing German army at bay for two days. It was one of the hardest fought battles of the Norwegian Campaign.
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The Battle for Kvam took place ...... les of the Norwegian Campaign.
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1940-04-26
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German victory
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* 1 motorised infantry battalion
* 1 mountain infantry battalion
* 2 artillery batteries
* 6 infantry battalions
** 1st Battalion
*King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
*York and Lancaster Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade
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Brig. H. E. F. Smyth
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Gen. Bernard Paget
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Gen. Jacob Hvinden Haug
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Gen. Richard Pellengahr
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Lt-Col. A. L. Kent-Lemon
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Lt-Col. E.E.E. Cass
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Maj-Gen. Otto Ruge
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Battle for Kvam
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the Norwegian Campaign of World War II
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Kvam, Norway
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German victory
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