The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland stationed Placing in Ivangorod left their positions quietly on the night before 25 July .

The II.Battalion , Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 ( 2nd Estonian ) and II.Battalion , Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 47 ( 3rd Estonian ) kept Temporary_stay the 2nd Shock Army from capturing Conquering the highway behind the retreating Escaping `` Nordland '' and `` Nederland '' detachments .

To the north of Narva , the fresh SS 45th and 46th ( 1st and 2nd Estonian ) Volunteer Grenadier Regiments accompanied by units of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division `` Nordland '' counter-attacked Attack and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Soviet bridgehead .

The Actions in Nordland were part of the Norwegian Campaign Military_operation of World War II .

When the Germans achieved Achieve victory in the Campaigns Military_operation in Central Norway , they began Process_start advancing Cause_to_make_progress north through Nordland to relieve the German forces isolated in Narvik .

To prevent Preventing_or_letting the Germans either relieving Narvik or capturing Conquering airfields within easy range , some small British and French units were deployed Arranging to the southern part of Nordland county early in May .

A more powerful force ( mainly British , but with some local Norwegian units ) was detached Departing from the expeditionary force besieging Besieging Narvik to northern and central Nordland in the middle of May .