The Namsos campaign, in Namsos, Norway, and its surrounding area involved heavy fighting between Anglo-French and Norwegian naval and military forces on the one hand, and German military, naval and air forces on the other in April and early May 1940. It was one of the first significant occasions during the Second World War when British and French land forces fought the German Army.
British troops pick through the ruins of Namsos after a German air raid, April 1940.
British PoWs in Trondheim April 1940.
The bombed-out town of Steinkjer
HMS Bittern ablaze in Namsos Fjord after having suffered a direct hit in the stern by an aerial bomb.
Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and was the fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. Among the significant technology-oriented institutions headquartered in Trondheim are the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), and St. Olavs University Hospital.
Image: Nidelva utløp Trondheim
Image: Verftsbrua 01
Image: Trondheim Central Station 2009
Image: 2010 08 04 Trondheim Nidarosdom 2 panoramio Edgar El
