The Second Naval Battle of Narvik: Determined to regain control of Narvik, the Royal Navy returned on April 13, 1940, this time with a larger and more powerful fleet led by the battleship HMS Warspite. Supported by aircraft from the Fleet Air Arm, the British task force launched a relentless assault on the German ships trapped in the fjords. The Second Naval Battle of Narvik was a decisive victory for the Allies. The entire German destroyer flotilla, out of ammunition and fuel, were scuttled or

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