http://www.feldgrau.com/narvik-shield.html
Read it. Well, before I ask my question, were any standard infantry units involved in the battle of narvik?
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Hrmm... (coughs discretly) It was the Geb.Jg.Rgt. 139 that was involved in the fight for Narvik.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... GJR139.htm
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http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... GJR139.htm
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Hello 17SS!
Yes, the 139 GJR was part of the 3. Gebirgs-Division. It was later reinforced with a Artillery Batallion and a Pionier company and was called the 139. Gebirgs-Brigade "Generaloberst Dietl".
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /3GebD.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... rig139.htm
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Yes, the 139 GJR was part of the 3. Gebirgs-Division. It was later reinforced with a Artillery Batallion and a Pionier company and was called the 139. Gebirgs-Brigade "Generaloberst Dietl".
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /3GebD.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... rig139.htm
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2./GJR 138, 3./GJR 138 and a couple of platoons from 6./GJR 138 were airlifted by seaplane from Trøndheim to Narvik to relieve Dietl's encircled GJR 139. GJR 139 was also reinforced by members of 2./GJR 137 who jumped near Narvik after undergoing a shortened parachute jump course at Wittstock. I'm not on my own computer so I can't post photos of them at the moment.
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Re: Narvik Shield
Hello to all ; a complement............................
Narvik Shield.
Mountain hunter sailors too....
Source: HAMBURGER ILLUSTRIERTE - NR. 39 - 27. SEPTEMBER 1941
Cheers. Raúl M .
Narvik Shield.
Mountain hunter sailors too....
Source: HAMBURGER ILLUSTRIERTE - NR. 39 - 27. SEPTEMBER 1941
Cheers. Raúl M .
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He and his friends must have been members of the elite Taureg Brigade which saw action at Narvik.
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Thanks for that tip John . Cheers. Raúl M .
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