Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakarongedzwa neNorwegian General Carl Gustav Fleischer, maNorway, maFrance, maPolish, nemaBritish mauto akatora Narvik musi wa 28 Chivabvu 1940. Ikoku kunorangarirwawo sorukundo rwokutanga rwevarwi veAllied muHondo yeNyika II. Zvisinei, panguva iyoyo, mauto eMubatanidzwa akanga ava kukundwa muhondo yokuFrance uye vanhu vakanga vava kubuda muDunkirk. Sezvo kupinda kweNazi Germany muFrance kwakanga kwaita kuti Scandinavia ive isina basa, uye sezvo mauto anokosha akapiwa kuNarvik aidiwa zvikuru kune imwe nzvimbo, maAllies akabva kuNarvik musi wa8 June 1940 muOperation Alphabet
. Zuva rimwe chetero, vachiri kushanda munharaunda yeNarvik, ngarava dzehondo dzeGermany dzakanyudza ngarava yeBritish inotakura ndege panguva yekubva muhondo iyi. Pasina rutsigiro kubva kuAllied naval task force, vaNorway vaive vashoma, uye vaifanira kuisa zvombo zvavo muNorway musi wa10 Chikumi 1940. Ikoku kwakanga kusiri kugoverana kwakakwana, sezvo vaNorway vakaramba vachirwisana namabasa emagandanga mukati menyika.