The End at Dombaas ETO (id:#57732)

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Dombaas, Norway 1940-04-18 (0 others)

Overview:

German command decided that a unit consisting of paratroopers would be assigned the task of sabotaging the railway at Dombaas and blocking the main road between Oslo and Trondheim, in effect cutting Norway in two. On the evening of April 14, the paratroopers were airborne and on their way to Dombaas. The assault on Dombaas proved to be an utter fiasco. The paratroopers were scattered during the drop and their ranks decimated, with 2/3 of their numbers killed or captured. By the 17th, the remaining paratroopers had dug in at a small farm south of Dombaas. They also had 55 Norwegian prisoners and desperately awaited reinforcements that never came. The Norwegian commander made it clear that he intended on fighting the Germans to the end, even if it meant killing the Norwegian prisoners. . . . Dug-in and surrounded German paratroopers being attacked by the Norwegian army on boards 4 and 44. The Germans hold some Norwegian prisoners and the Norwegians using guns and mortars and attacking from all board edges must kill Gerries and release the prisoners.

Defender: German (1st Co, 1st Fallschirmjaeger Regt)  

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