Diary May 5, 1940

French Foreign Legionnaires at Narvik
French Foreign Legionnaires near Narvik.
Diary for Sunday, May 5, 1940:

Norway

French Foreign Legionnaires and Polish troops land at Harstad (near Narvik) and Tromso (north of Narvik).

Secret War

Captain Hermann Goertz, of the Abwehr, lands by parachute near Dublin. He subsequently establishes contact with Irish Army officers and the IRA (Goertz detained by Irish authorities in November 1941).

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