Control of the single track railroad connecting Narvik to Swedish ore fields was a major German goal.  At 03:00 am on April 7th  Navy Group 1, consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ten destroyers, and 2,000 troops, assembled just north of Schilling Roads.  At 5:15 they departed to Norway via the North Sea.  At 09:50 the convoy was sited by a British reconnaissance aircraft.  At 13:00 twelve Blenheim bombers attacked unsuccessfully. At 22:00 nine of the ten destroyers from the battle group were positioned at the tip of the Loftens.  At 04:00 the destroyers entered the Ofot Fjord where one destroyer stayed behind.  Two of the destroyers departed from the convoy to attack the coastal forts of Ramnes and Havnes.  Three destroyers headed for the Herjangs Fjord and dispached land troops to fight the Norwegian Army at Elvegaardsmoen.  The three remaining destroyers kept on course to Narvik.
    At Elvegaardmoen the Norwegian troops were completely unprepared for the attack and German troops were able to capture a substantial amount of supplies.  The destroyers headed for Narvik, encountered and sunk the Norwegian coastal defense ship, the Eidsvold.  Within the Harbor the Berndt von Amin was attacked by the Norge, and returned fire, sinking the Norge.  General major Eduard Dietl and his Third Mountain Division went ashore and forced a surrender from the Norwegian troops.  By 08:15 Narvik was under the control of the Germans.
    The forth day of  the Weseruebung Operation showed signs of Norwegian resistance.  The Norwegian troops began to surround Narvik and isolate the German troops located there.  The most important objective of the Weseruebung Operation, to control interior lines of communication resulting from a Norwegian surrender had failed.  On the 15th of April, the OKW decided that it was necessary to evacuate Narvik, withdrawing the troops into the nearby mountains.  On the 16th, the British established their main base at Harstad on Hinnoy Island.  Four Norwegian battalions, three British and three French occupied this base.  Norwegian forces were increased adding two more brigades to the fight, and allied build up constantly increased through out the beginning of May.  Outnumbered the German's requested for backup and reinforcements of 1,050 men arrived in Narvik by train.  On the 21st, predicting an allied breakthrough, German troops withdrew north near the Swedish boarder at Bjornfjell.
    On May 7th, the German 2d mountain division began pushing north from Trondheim to assist the troops in Narvik.  On the 28th, German aircrafts began bombing allied bases in and around Narvik; however, the allies succeeded in taking Narvik and advancing southward. The Germans withdrew from Narvik to nearby Hill 620.  By June 1st, the 2d mountain division was within 85 miles of Narvik.  Their advance on Narvik was called Operation Bueffel and of all the German operations to bring aid to the troops in Narvik, it was the closest to successful.  On the 9th the allies were completely evacuated from Narvik.