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PREFACE BY THE WAR OFFICE.
Of the two expeditions which the United Kingdom and France sent to Norway in April, 1940, one to Northern Norway and one to Central Norway, the following despatch covers the latter from the beginning of operations.
In Central Norway two main landings were made, one in the Namsos area by a force under the command of Major-General A. Carton de Wiart, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and one in the Åndalsnes area by a force under the command, first of Brigadier H. de R. Morgan, D.S.O., and later of Major-General B. C. T. Paget, D.S.O., M.C. On 19th April, 1940, Lieutenant-General H. R. S. Massy, D.S.O., M.C., was instructed to assume the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the forces operating in Central Norway. He exercised this command from his Headquarters in the United Kingdom as the course of events did not permit the opening of a Headquarters in Norway.
When the decision to withdraw from Central Norway was taken on 27th April, 1940, it was agreed to press on with operations against Narvik, and the force in Northern Norway comprising British, French and Polish troops succeeded in capturing the town of Narvik before it, in turn, had to be withdrawn at the beginning of June, 1940.
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