Battle of Hegra Fortress

Battle of Hegra Fortress
	Part of the Norwegian campaign
	; Norwegian 7.5 cm gun position
Date	15 April – 5 May 1940
Location	Hegra, Norway
Result	German victory; Hegra Fortress capitulated 5 May after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
Belligerents
Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Hans Reidar Holtermann	15–20 April:; Weiss; 20 April – 5 May:; Kurt Woytasch
Units involved
A volunteer company of soldiers having served in Artillery Regiment no. 3	138. Gebirgsjägerregiment; (15–27 April); 181. Infantry Division; (27 April–5 May)
Strength
Positional artillery:; 4×10.5 cm guns; 2×7.5 cm guns; (under Captain Evjen, with 25 men); Field artillery:; 4×8.4 cm guns; (under 2nd Lieutenant Reitan, with 10 men); Total force:; 250 volunteer soldiers; (most of whom had had a short national service with Artillery Regiment no. 3 (AR 3) before the war); 1 female volunteer nurse	1 battalion; 1 reinforced infantry company; 1 artillery unit; (with numerous mortars, cannons and howitzers)
Casualties and losses
6 killed; 14 wounded; 200+ captured	150–200 killed or wounded; 1 captured; 1 aircraft destroyed; 1 aircraft damaged
	Civilian casualties:; One Norwegian civilian killed; 2 Finnish civilian refugees wounded

The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway.

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