Allied timeline
This table lists the main events where the Allied were involved, day by day.
| date | description |
| 16/2 | Altmark incident: British destroyer Cossack enters a Norwegian fjord and seizes the German ship Altmark. |
| 5/4 | General Mackesy receives order to land in Narvik and push on to Gällivare (in Sweden) as quickly as possible. |
| 8/4 | British destroyers lays mines on Norwegian
waters south of Narvik. The Allied expeditionary force to Narvik embarks in Scottish ports. |
| 9/4 | British expedition to Norway is cancelled, when the reports about large German fleet movements in North Sea comes in. Instead the cruisers |
| 10/4 | Five British destroyers (2nd Flotilla, under Captain Warburton-Lee) attack the ten German destroyers in Narvik. Two British and two German destroyers sunk. Warburton-Lee, who died in the action, got the first Victoria Cross to be awarded in the war. |
| 13/4 | A British naval force with battleship Warspite in the lead attacks Narvik and sinks the remaining German destroyers (2nd battle of Narvik). |
| 14/4 |
Elements of Scots Guard battalion lands north of Narvik. Marine detachment of 350 men lands in Namsos (operation Henry). |
| 15/4 | British 24th Brigade lands at Harstad northwest of Narvik. |
| 16/4 | First 1000 men of British 146th Brigade lands at Namsos. |
| 17/4 | The rest of British 146th Brigade lands at Namsos. Marine detachment of 725 men lands at Åndalsnes (operation Primrose). |
| 18/4 | British 148th Brigade lands at Åndalsnes and Molde. |
| 19/4 | French mtn. brigade Chasseurs Alpins lands in Namsos. |
| 21/4 | British troops from 148th Brigade reach the front on both sides of lake Mjösa. |
| 22/4 | Battle of Balbergkamp, north of Lillehammer, at the southern end of Gudbrandsdal. The Germans break through the British defenses. |
| 23/4 | British 15th Brigade lands at Åndalsnes. Battle at Tretten in Gudbrandsdal. |
| 24/4 |
Battle at Tromsa in Gudbrandsdal. Heavy bombardment of Narvik by British naval force. Planned subsequent landing by I/Irish Guards not carried out. |
| 25/4 | Chief of Staffs approves of planning for an
evacuation of Allied troops from central Norway. Battle at Kvam in Gudbrandsdal (first day). |
| 26/4 | Battle at Kvam in Gudbrandsdal (second day). The Kvam position falls. |
| 27/4 | Withdrawal from central Norway approved by
the Military Co-ordination Committee. The order reaches General Carton de
Wiart at Namsos during the night. Battle at Kjörem in Gudbrandsdal. |
| 28/4 | General Paget in Gudbrandsdal gets the order
for evacuation in the morning. Battle at Otta in Gudbrandsdal. |
| 2/5 | Last British troops south of Trondheim
evacuate through Åndalsnes on the night to 2/5. German troops reach Åndalsnes shortly after the last troop transport has left. |
| 3/5 | Last Allied troops in Namsos area evacuated through Namsos on the night to 3/5. |
| 6/5 | French Foreign Legionnaires half brigade lands in Narvik area. |
| 13/5 | Mixed allied force takes Bjerkvik by amphibious assault. First allied use of landing crafts. |
| 31/5 | Allied and Norwegian troops evacuates from Bodö. Last allied base south of Narvik. |
| 3/6 | Final order for evacuation of all Allied troops in Norway |
| 4/6 | Evacuation of Allied troops in Narvik area begins. |
| 7/6 | Norwegian King and Government leaves Norway
for Britain. British carrier Glorious is sunk by Scharnhorst. |
| 9/6 | Last Allied troops evacuates from Northern
Norway. All Norwegian troops in Northern Norway lay down their arms. |