Battle of Høljarast Bridge

Battle of Høljarast Bridge
	Part of the Norwegian Campaign in World War II
Date	24 April 1940
Location	Etnedal, Norway
Result	Partial German victory German advance delayed; Høljarast Bridge destroyed; Norwegians withdraw;
Belligerents
Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Major Sæter	Major Daubert

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".

Source

Valdres, 1940

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