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Survivors reported that the U-boat surfaced and ran down the lifeboats, machine-gunning survivors in the water. The U-boat captain, Helmut Brümmer-Patzig, was charged with war crimes in Germany following the war, but escaped prosecution by going to the Free City of Danzig, beyond the jurisdiction of German courts. [83]
Tryggvi the Pretender's invasion of Norway (1033) North Sea Empire: Tryggvi the Pretender Invasion failed. Death of Tryggvi the Pretender; Norwegian-Wendish War (1043) Kingdom of Norway: Wends. Danish Rebels; Victory. Destruction the Viking fort Jomsborg, possibly to destroy the Danish competitors to the throne. Plundering of the Wendish town ...
The legal purge in Norway after World War II (Norwegian: Landssvikoppgjøret; lit. ' National treachery Settlement ' ) took place between May 1945 and August 1948 against anyone who was found to have collaborated with the German occupation of the country .
Sweden and Norway declare neutrality in the general conflict August 9 African, Togoland: The Togoland Campaign begins. August 11 Politics: France declares war on Austria-Hungary. August 12 Politics: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary. [24] [27] Western: Battle of Halen, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers. August 14 – 25 ...
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945.
Norwegian refugees undergoing military training in Sweden The German surrender of Akershus Fortress to Terje Rollem on 11 May 1945. Although Norway did not have any major battles beyond those of the Norwegian Campaign, a number of military operations served to subvert the Nazi authorities and contribute to the larger war effort.
1: A final order is given for the German attack on Norway and Denmark; 3: The date for invasion is set for 17 March 1940, although this is later delayed to April. 28: The Allies decide to begin mining Norwegian waters (Operation Wilfred), and to send a military force to Norway to pre-empt German aggression. The Allies assumed that Wilfred would ...
The military history of Norway commences before the Viking Age with the internal wars fought between regional kings to obtain the supreme kingship of the whole of Norway. . The most famous period of Norwegian history and thus military history is the Viking Age, but the early Middle Ages was the era when Norwegian military power in Europe reached its pe