The Battle of Dombås was fought between Norwegian Army infantry forces and German Fallschirmjäger paratroops in mid-April 1940. As part of their conquest of Norway south of Trondheim, and as a countermeasure against reported allied landings in the Romsdal area of south western Norway, the Germans dropped a company of paratroopers near the vital railroad junction of Dombås on 14 April 1940.

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  • Unknown, but probably similar to the German losses, with one company routed and left unfit for further combat.
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  • Norwegian tactical victory, although the German Fallschirmjäger company blocked the north-south and west-east rail and road systems for five days before surrendering
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  • 14–17 April:
    • 2 Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    17–19 April:
    • 1 Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    • No. 1 Company of
    Infantry Regiment 5
    • Machine gun platoon from NoAAS Jagevingen
    • 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
    19 April:
    • Rail mounted howitzer manned by Royal Marines
  • • 4 officers and 181 men of the 1 Company,
    1 Regiment of the
    7 Flieger Division
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  • Unknown, but probably similar to the German losses, with one company routed and left unfit for further combat.
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  • April 14–19, 1940
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  • Norwegian tactical victory, although the German Fallschirmjäger company blocked the north-south and west-east rail and road systems for five days before surrendering
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  • 14–17 April:
    • 2 Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    17–19 April:
    • 1 Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    • No. 1 Company of
    Infantry Regiment 5
    • Machine gun platoon from NoAAS Jagevingen
    • 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
    19 April:
    • Rail mounted howitzer manned by Royal Marines
  • • 4 officers and 181 men of the 1 Company,
    1 Regiment of the
    7 Flieger Division
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  • The Battle of Dombås was fought between Norwegian Army infantry forces and German Fallschirmjäger paratroops in mid-April 1940. As part of their conquest of Norway south of Trondheim, and as a countermeasure against reported allied landings in the Romsdal area of south western Norway, the Germans dropped a company of paratroopers near the vital railroad junction of Dombås on 14 April 1940. During the following five days the German force blocked the Dovre Line railroad line between Oslo and Trondheim, as well as the main road between the two cities.
  • Slaget ved Dombås ble utkjempet mellom norske soldater og tyske fallskjermjegere ved Dombås mellom 14.-19. april 1940. Som et ledd i tyskernes erobring av Sør-Norge, og som et mottrekk mot rapporter om landsetninger av allierte soldater i Romsdalsområdet i Sørvest-Norge, satte tyskerne inn et fallskjermkompani ved det strategisk viktige jernbaneknutepunktet i Dombås den 14. april 1940. I de etterfølgende fem dagene blokkerte de tyske troppene Dovrebanen og Riksvei 50 mellom Oslo og Trondheim.
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  • German Junkers Ju 52 downed at Dombås.
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  • '''During the drop:'''Hauge-1 1995: 262
    15 dead,
    20 wounded
    and 14 injured.
    7 Junkers Ju 52s shot down,
    an eight Ju 52 landed in Sweden and sank through a frozen lake.
    '''During the fighting:'''
    6 killed
    6 wounded
    ca. 150 captured
  • Unknown, but probably similar to the German losses, with one company routed and left unfit for further combat.
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  • Battle of Dombås
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  • April 14-19, 1940
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  • 2009 March 4
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  • Oberleutnant Herbert Schmidt
  • One step out of the nest or the house brought death. We now clung on only to the thought of immediate assistance.
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  • Norwegian tactical victory, although the German Fallschirmjäger company blocked the north-south and west-east rail and road systems for five days before surrendering
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  • '''14–17 April:'''
    • 2nd Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    • No. 1 Company of
    Infantry Regiment 5Hauge-1 1995: 258
    '''17–19 April:'''
    • 1st Battalion,
    Infantry Regiment 11
    • No. 1 Company of
    Infantry Regiment 5
    • Machine gun platoon from NoAAS Jagevingen
    • 40 mm anti-aircraft gunHauge-1 1995: 259
    '''19 April:'''
    • Rail mounted howitzer manned by Royal Marines
  • • 4 officers and 181 men of the 1st Company,
    1st Regiment of the
    7th Flieger Division
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  • The Battle of Dombås was fought between Norwegian Army infantry forces and German Fallschirmjäger paratroops in mid-April 1940. As part of their conquest of Norway south of Trondheim, and as a countermeasure against reported allied landings in the Romsdal area of south western Norway, the Germans dropped a company of paratroopers near the vital railroad junction of Dombås on 14 April 1940.
  • Slaget ved Dombås ble utkjempet mellom norske soldater og tyske fallskjermjegere ved Dombås mellom 14.-19. april 1940. Som et ledd i tyskernes erobring av Sør-Norge, og som et mottrekk mot rapporter om landsetninger av allierte soldater i Romsdalsområdet i Sørvest-Norge, satte tyskerne inn et fallskjermkompani ved det strategisk viktige jernbaneknutepunktet i Dombås den 14. april 1940.
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  • Battle of Dombås
  • Slaget ved Dombås
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