POLES IN THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1940

PHOTO ALBUM II

Practice makes perfect Heavy machine gun crew readying their 'hardware' for action. North Sea, early May 1940	Theatre of Operation - NARVIK	167	Approaching the coast of Norway
	Fjords of Norway Tromsofjord, May 4, 1940		Destroyer X 112 patrolling the fjords of Northern Norway Early May 1940
Troop carrier reaching the port of destination Harstad Harbour, May 7, 1940	Disembarkation Alert aboard a troop carrier Harstad, May 7, 1940		On Delivery A small and very busy seaplane used for delivering mail and occasional passengers to Allied ships scaterred throughout the Theatre of Operation.
Narvik burning following a Luftwaffe air raid A view from the ruins of Ankenes. May 29, 1940	Smoldering ruins of Narvik after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940		Narvik's business district after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940
The Campaign is over Allied soldiers and seamen aboard MS Sobieski - Polish luxury transatlantic liner turned troop carrier. North Sea, early June 1940	Those, left behind... Makeshift common grave of six Polish soldiers killed in action. Their names and dates of birth altered to protect their families in the Nazi-Soviet occupied Poland from retribution. Narvik, early June 1940		Independent Highland Rifle Brigade rushing to the Nazi-French frontline in Brittany Dol de Bretagne, Jun. 17, 1940
Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Standard Decoration ceremony - Order of Virtuti Militari Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940	Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Soldiers Decoration ceremony - Cross of Valour Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940		On behalf of Haakon VII, the King of Norway, Gen. Carl G. Fleischer thanks the soldiers of the Polish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade for their efforts during the Norwegian Campaign Tentsmuir (Scotland), Dec. 8, 1940
Order of VIRTUTI MILITARI	CROSS OF VALOUR		LEGION D'HONNEUR First issued to a non-French participant in the Norwegian Campaign. Earned by 2Lt. Bohdan Radkiewicz for saving Foreign Legion platoon from a German minefield ambush in the Bjerkvivk area. May 13, 1940

Practice makes perfect Heavy machine gun crew readying their 'hardware' for action. North Sea, early May 1940	Theatre of Operation - NARVIK	Approaching the coast of Norway
	Fjords of Norway Tromsofjord, May 4, 1940	Destroyer X 112 patrolling the fjords of Northern Norway Early May 1940
Troop carrier reaching the port of destination Harstad Harbour, May 7, 1940	Disembarkation Alert aboard a troop carrier Harstad, May 7, 1940	On Delivery A small and very busy seaplane used for delivering mail and occasional passengers to Allied ships scaterred throughout the Theatre of Operation.
Narvik burning following a Luftwaffe air raid A view from the ruins of Ankenes. May 29, 1940	Smoldering ruins of Narvik after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940	Narvik's business district after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940
The Campaign is over Allied soldiers and seamen aboard MS Sobieski - Polish luxury transatlantic liner turned troop carrier. North Sea, early June 1940	Those, left behind... Makeshift common grave of six Polish soldiers killed in action. Their names and dates of birth altered to protect their families in the Nazi-Soviet occupied Poland from retribution. Narvik, early June 1940	Independent Highland Rifle Brigade rushing to the Nazi-French frontline in Brittany Dol de Bretagne, Jun. 17, 1940
Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Standard Decoration ceremony - Order of Virtuti Militari Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940	Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Soldiers Decoration ceremony - Cross of Valour Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940	On behalf of Haakon VII, the King of Norway, Gen. Carl G. Fleischer thanks the soldiers of the Polish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade for their efforts during the Norwegian Campaign Tentsmuir (Scotland), Dec. 8, 1940
Order of VIRTUTI MILITARI	CROSS OF VALOUR	LEGION D'HONNEUR First issued to a non-French participant in the Norwegian Campaign. Earned by 2Lt. Bohdan Radkiewicz for saving Foreign Legion platoon from a German minefield ambush in the Bjerkvivk area. May 13, 1940

Practice makes perfect Heavy machine gun crew readying their 'hardware' for action. North Sea, early May 1940	Theatre of Operation - NARVIK	Approaching the coast of Norway
	Fjords of Norway Tromsofjord, May 4, 1940	Destroyer X 112 patrolling the fjords of Northern Norway Early May 1940
Troop carrier reaching the port of destination Harstad Harbour, May 7, 1940	Disembarkation Alert aboard a troop carrier Harstad, May 7, 1940	On Delivery A small and very busy seaplane used for delivering mail and occasional passengers to Allied ships scaterred throughout the Theatre of Operation.
Narvik burning following a Luftwaffe air raid A view from the ruins of Ankenes. May 29, 1940	Smoldering ruins of Narvik after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940	Narvik's business district after the Luftwaffe air raid May 30, 1940
The Campaign is over Allied soldiers and seamen aboard MS Sobieski - Polish luxury transatlantic liner turned troop carrier. North Sea, early June 1940	Those, left behind... Makeshift common grave of six Polish soldiers killed in action. Their names and dates of birth altered to protect their families in the Nazi-Soviet occupied Poland from retribution. Narvik, early June 1940	Independent Highland Rifle Brigade rushing to the Nazi-French frontline in Brittany Dol de Bretagne, Jun. 17, 1940
Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Standard Decoration ceremony - Order of Virtuti Militari Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940	Independent Highland Rifle Brigade's Soldiers Decoration ceremony - Cross of Valour Douglas Park (Scotland), Jul. 21, 1940	On behalf of Haakon VII, the King of Norway, Gen. Carl G. Fleischer thanks the soldiers of the Polish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade for their efforts during the Norwegian Campaign Tentsmuir (Scotland), Dec. 8, 1940
Order of VIRTUTI MILITARI	CROSS OF VALOUR	LEGION D'HONNEUR First issued to a non-French participant in the Norwegian Campaign. Earned by 2Lt. Bohdan Radkiewicz for saving Foreign Legion platoon from a German minefield ambush in the Bjerkvivk area. May 13, 1940