Qualla: Battle of Vinjesvingen https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Vinjesvingen https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen Battle of Vinjesvingen: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen/ Second Lieutenant Thor O. Hannevig had a gift for audacity. In the chaos following Germany's invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, while much of southern Norway collapsed into occupation, Hannevig did something that should not have been possible: he stole the weapons the defenders would need. Moving through territory already under German control, he managed to extract rifles, machine guns, mortars, mines, and explosives from military depots -- right under the noses of the occupying forces -- and transport them to Vinje and Vagsli in the mountains of Telemark. There, he assembled the men who would fight what became one of the last two Norwegian stands in all of southern Norway.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/t/e/battle-of-vinjesvingen-wp/u4te-battle-of-vinjesvingen-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Vinjesvingen: An Army Improvised https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen/ What Hannevig built in the Telemark mountains was not a regular military unit but something more like a militia assembled from whatever was available. He called a full mobilization in the area, and at its peak the force numbered around 300 men, though the count shifted constantly...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/t/e/battle-of-vinjesvingen-wp/u4te-battle-of-vinjesvingen-an-army-improvised.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Vinjesvingen: Ambush and Delay https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen/ The fighting around Vinjesvingen unfolded as a series of small, sharp engagements rather than a single pitched battle. Hannevig's men used the mountain terrain to their advantage, setting ambushes along the roads that German formations needed to use. They blew bridges, mined road...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/t/e/battle-of-vinjesvingen-wp/u4te-battle-of-vinjesvingen-ambush-and-delay.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Vinjesvingen: Three Days in May https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen/ The main battle came between 3 and 5 May 1940. By then, the Germans had recognized that the Vinjesvingen position was a genuine obstacle and deployed large forces to eliminate it. For three days the fighting intensified, with Hannevig's 300 volunteers facing a professional milita...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/t/e/battle-of-vinjesvingen-wp/u4te-battle-of-vinjesvingen-three-days-in-may.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Vinjesvingen: A Story Told Too Late https://qualla.com/battle-of-vinjesvingen/ The Battle of Vinjesvingen carried enormous symbolic weight -- but almost no one knew about it while it was happening. The fighting in Telemark was remote, communications were severed, and the rest of occupied Norway had no way to learn that a force of 300 men was still resisting...

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