27 April, 1940: Battle of Kjorem

 After retiring from Kvam, the York and Lancaster Battalion of the 15th Brigade, occupied entrenched positions at the small village of Kjorem. The British finally had an armored (?) element, consisting of the Carrier Platoon from the Green Howard Battalion, also of the 15th.

This view fro the north (British perspective) shows Kjorem left-center of photo. The wide Lagen River is portrayed with numerous channels only passable at the narrows just north of Kjorem itself...

Now from the German (southern) perspective. The hills on both flanks are lightly wooded, but it is actually the only snow covered terrain. The thaw has begun...

German ski troops appear on their left flank while infantry start up the highway...

More German ski troops next move into the woods on the right flank...

As the Germans advance up the highway, they are ambushed (just as they were historically) and begin to take casualties...

German armor makes its presence known, as the British squad stationed there is decimated...

On the eastern hills, German ski troops overrun an 25mm ATG (center, large empty emplacement)!

And unfortunately for the British 'armor', an air strike and German artillery have rendered them basically ineffective...

In the western hills, two British squads are being flanked and also taking casualties...

Back on the highway, German armor passes through the now unoccupied positions...

One British carrier attempts to escape across the river...unsuccessfully. Up in the hills, a British squad is counterattacking and inflicting serious losses on the lead ski squad (upper right)...

But more German troops are arriving (left of center)...

A British squad is nearly wiped out while the German ski squad doesn't have much left either. Lower down on the secondary road, the British squad there is also hard-pressed...

As the battle draws to an end, with the British withdrawing, German armor surveys the heavily damaged village...

The campaign winds down...