HG Regiment in Norway*
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Date:  April 28, 1940*                     

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Battle Type: German assault vs. Norwegian defend*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Description: The first unit of the General Goring Regiment to see action was the "Kluge Detachment" consisting of elements of the General Goring Guard Battalion and the Motorcycle Company under the command of Hauptmann Kluge.  After action in Denmark in early April 1940, the detachment embarked on the torpedo boats Falke and Jaguar for Norway.  By the latter part of April, the Kriegsmarine and units of the Army had occupied the most important ports in Norway while further troops were landing to begin the advance into the interior of the country.*
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In this battle, Kampfgruppe Fischer, consisting of elements of the Kluge Detachment attacks the Norwegian village of Naaverdalen.*
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Source: Kurowski, "The History of the Fallschirm Panzerkorps Hermann Goring", pp. 50-51.
  
