Battle for Kvam

Battle for Kvam
	Part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II
	; Battle of Kvam, 25–26 April 1940
Date	25–26 April 1940
Location	Kvam, Norway
Result	German victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Bernard Paget; H. E. F. Smyth; (22 April–12:00pm 25 April); A. L. Kent-Lemon; (12:00pm 25–26 April); E.E.E. Cass; Otto Ruge; Jacob Hvinden Haug	Richard Pellengahr
Strength
15th Infantry Brigade King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion; ; York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion; ;	8,500 1 mountain infantry battalion; 6 infantry battalions; 1 motorised infantry battalion; 2 artillery batteries;
Casualties and losses
:; 54 killed; :; 3 killed	light
	3 civilians killed

The Battle for Kvam took place 25 and 26 April 1940, in the Gudbrandsdal Valley in the village of Kvam, Oppland (now known as Innlandet), Norway, between British, Norwegian, and German troops. The Germans were moving rapidly north up the river valley to conquer central Norway. In the battle, soldiers from 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI), together with their Norwegian counterparts, held a rapidly advancing German army at bay for two days. It was one of the hardest fought battles of the Norwegian Campaign.

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