The war film delves into the Battle of Narvik in 1940, shedding light on both the military conflict and the personal story of ...

It was a failure that eased Adolf Hitler's rampage through Europe. The naval and land clashes at the Norwegian port of Narvik in April 1940 resulted initially in victory for the Allies against German ...

British sailor Cyril Cope survived his ship being beached in 1940 and the following tale of guts and survival has now been collated by his son, Ron Over the next four weeks, we will be carrying ...

Polish and Norwegian officials have laid wreaths at a cemetery in northern Norway to mark the 85th anniversary of the 1940 Battle of Narvik, the Allies' first major World War II victory against Nazi ...

Ron Cope, a retired Chief Petty Officer with the British Royal Navy, is in the process of writing a book about the first and second battles of Narvik, which took place on 10 and 13 April respectively ...

Outcome: Ten German destroyers and six merchant ships sunk. Of the German forces in Narvik, only U-51 survives by escaping out to sea. Warburton-Lee is killed and his flagship sunk. Two naval battles ...

Both World Wars have been extensively documented and we have lots of movies chronicling these catastrophic events. However, such big turning points WWI and WWII are in human history, that every year ...

The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to the HMS Cossack Association. This story was submitted to the People’s War site by BBC Radio Merseyside’s People’s War team on behalf of the ...

Relations between Norway and Sweden are being strained with the publication of a new book, which details how Stockholm aided the Nazis during WW2 as their neighbours fought and lost a decisive battle ...

Outcome: Ten German destroyers and six merchant ships sunk. Of the German forces in Narvik, only U-51 survives by escaping out to sea. Warburton-Lee is killed and his flagship sunk. Two naval battles ...