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People celebrating the liberation of Denmark at Strøget in Copenhagen, 5 May 1945. Germany surrendered two days later. Approximately 6,000 Danes were sent to concentration camps during World War II, [48] of whom about 600 (10%) died. In comparison with other countries this is a relatively low mortality rate in the concentration camps.
The Danish Brigade in Sweden (Danish: Den Danske Brigade i Sverige) or in short, the Danish Brigade (Den Danske Brigade/DDB) (also referred to as Danforce) was a military unit made up of Danish refugees during World War II. Trained and supplied by Sweden, the brigade was created to help liberate Denmark. Ultimately it was only deployed on the ...
The Danish resistance movements (Danish: Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation authority allowed the democratic government to stay in power, the resistance movement was slower to ...
Military history of Denmark during World War II (2 C, 8 P) + Greenland in World War II (1 C, 4 P) D. Danish resistance movement (4 C, 11 P) H. The Holocaust in ...
Over the course of World War II, the United States assumed Britain's defense responsibilities in the Caribbean. In September 1940, the two countries agreed to the Lend-Lease Agreement (also called the Destroyers-for-Bases Agreement). It involved the loan of American destroyers in return for leasing, rent free for ninety-nine years, eleven naval ...
During the Soviet bombing of the two main towns on 7 and 8 May, Danish radio was not allowed to broadcast the news because it was thought it would spoil the liberation festivities in Denmark. [1] On 9 May Soviet troops landed on the island, and after a short fight, the German garrison (about 12,000 strong [ 2 ] ) surrendered. [ 3 ]
Free Corps Denmark (Danish: Frikorps Danmark, German: Freikorps „Danmark“) was a unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II consisting of volunteers from Denmark.It was established following an initiative by the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) in the immediate aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and subsequently endorsed by Denmark's ...
Pages in category "Military history of Denmark during World War II" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .