Narvik - Kampf um Norwegen / The Battle for Norway

This is a clip from the German propaganda film "Kampf um Norwegen" which chronicles Nazi Germanys attack on Norway on the 9th of April 1940. This particular clip shows why Nazi Germany invaded Norway: To control the harbour in Narvik, where neutral Swedish iron ore could be shipped out all year long. The iron ore was essential to the German war effort.

You should consider buying this film on DVD if you find it interesting. It can be bought from the Norwegian Film Institute here: http://www.nfi.no/filmbutikken/_nyheter/vis.html?id=2600

Category:

Education

Tags:

• world war 2
• narvik
• iron ore
• nazi germany
• propaganda film
• dietl
• kiruna
• railway
• ofot line
• ofotbanen
• history

[orrestrnden]

hey PSSST they also needed heavy water not just narvik anyway 5 stars

[charz0r]

They needed iron ore first and foremost, so they could make steel - vital to tank, airplane and weapon production.

The heavy water was less interesting than the steel: After all, at this time in history, the A-bomb and nuclear energy was still mere science fiction, let best in the hands of scientists.

Don't get me wrong, the heavy water was important, but not nearly as important as iron ore.

Thanks for rating, and please share! :)

[truls876]

in "bjørnefjell" i took train to "riksgrensa" for snowboarding and skiing, and when you take the train you can see shipwrecks from the mouintains

[spajdude]

@65selander No Dietl was a Generalleutnant and the commander of the 3. Gebirgs-Division during the invasion of Narvik He died in a plane crash in 1944.

[spajdude]

My great grandfather worked at the power station with the large chimney to the right at 0:30 . It was torn down around 1980.

[verbusen]

Thats hardcore, all those sunk German ships, they put a X over them when they sunk. There are a lot of X's there.

[65selander]

Dietl was a Gestapo and he ended his life in a lamp post.

[65selander]

Dietl was a Gestapo .