Battle of Høljarast Bridge

The Battle of Høljarast Bridge was a military engagement between Norwegian and German forces during the Norwegian Campaign. The battle ended with a partial Norwegian defeat as they were unable to hold their lines against German advance. Norwegians managed to withdraw in order destroying the strategic bridge so Germans would not be able to use it. Germans soon built an improvised bridge in the same place they named "Brandenburg".^[3]

Battle of Høljarast Bridge
Part of the Norwegian Campaign in World War II
Date 24 April 1940 Location Etnedal, Norway Result German victory[1] German advance to Tonsåsen Høljarast Bridge destroyed Norwegians successfully withdraw
Belligerents
Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Sæter	Maj. Daubert
Units involved
10th Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion[2]	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

See also

• List of Norwegian military equipment of World War II
• List of German military equipment of World War II

References

1. Battle of Høljarast Bridge
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Valdres, 1940". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

External links

• Valdres, 1940
• Archived 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine