Eduard Dietl
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Eduard Wohlrat Christian Dietl was a German Heer general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 20th Mountain Army. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross wit
Dietl in 1943
Dietl memorial at crash site
Speer (wearing Organisation Todt armband) and Wehrmacht general Eduard Dietl at Rovaniemi Airport in Finland, December 1943
Battles of Narvik
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The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwe
Eduard Dietl
…of ten destroyers, commanded by Commodore Friedrich Bonte, subsequently all ten destroyers that had ferried Dietl's troops to Narvik were sunk in the First and Second Battles of Narvik. Dietl's mountaineers withdrew into the hills and later retook the town when Britain abandoned her efforts to evict the Germans from Norway due to…
Allied soldiers during the Battle of Narvik.
Warspite engaging shore batteries during the Second Battle of Narvik.
Narvik during the Second World War
HMS Eskimo after losing her bow.