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The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway.

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  • The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway. (en)
  • La bataille de la forteresse de Hegra fut un engagement de 25 jours en 1940 pendant la campagne de Norvège qui a vu un petit groupe de Norvégiens volontaires s'opposer à des forces allemandes supérieures. Après les premiers combats autour de la ligne de chemin de fer de Meråker, les Norvégiens se sont repliés dans la forteresse de Hegra où ils subirent plusieurs attaques allemandes avant de se rendre le 5 mai, ayant perdu l'espoir d'être secourus. (fr)
  • La battaglia della fortezza di Hegra fu un combattimento di venticinque giorni avvenuto durante la campagna di Norvegia del 1940, tra soldati volontari norvegesi e unità tedesche. Dopo gli iniziali combattimenti lungo la linea ferroviaria di Meråker, i norvegesi ripiegarono nella dove resistettero agli ulteriori attacchi tedeschi fino alla resa generale del 5 maggio. (it)
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  • 6 killed
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  • 200+ captured
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  • 1940-05-05 (xsd:date)
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  • German victory
  • Hegra Fortresscapitulated 5 May after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
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  • (under 2nd Lieutenant Reitan, with 10 men)
  • (under Captain Evjen, with 25 men)
  • (with numerousmortars,cannons andhowitzers)
  • 1 battalion
  • 1 female volunteer nurse
  • 1 reinforced infantry company
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  • 250 volunteer soldiers
  • 2×7.5 cm guns
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  • 4×8.4 cm guns
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  • (most of whom had had a shortnational servicewith Artillery Regiment no. 3 (AR 3) before the war)
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  • Norwegian 7.5 cm gun position (en)
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  • One Norwegian civilian killed (en)
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  • 0001-04-20 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Hans Reidar Holtermann (en)
  • Kurt Woytasch (en)
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  • Battle of Hegra Fortress (en)
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  • A volunteer company of soldiers having served in Artillery Regiment no. 3 (en)
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  • The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway. (en)
  • La bataille de la forteresse de Hegra fut un engagement de 25 jours en 1940 pendant la campagne de Norvège qui a vu un petit groupe de Norvégiens volontaires s'opposer à des forces allemandes supérieures. Après les premiers combats autour de la ligne de chemin de fer de Meråker, les Norvégiens se sont repliés dans la forteresse de Hegra où ils subirent plusieurs attaques allemandes avant de se rendre le 5 mai, ayant perdu l'espoir d'être secourus. (fr)
  • La battaglia della fortezza di Hegra fu un combattimento di venticinque giorni avvenuto durante la campagna di Norvegia del 1940, tra soldati volontari norvegesi e unità tedesche. Dopo gli iniziali combattimenti lungo la linea ferroviaria di Meråker, i norvegesi ripiegarono nella dove resistettero agli ulteriori attacchi tedeschi fino alla resa generale del 5 maggio. (it)
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