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The Telegram Crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Denmark and Germany in October and November 1942, during the German occupation of Denmark. The crisis was triggered by a telegram from King Christian X of Denmark to Adolf Hitler , acknowledging Hitler's congratulations on the occasion of the King's 72nd birthday on September 26, 1942.
3.3 The 1942 telegram crisis. 4 Increasing resistance after the August 1943 crisis. ... Administrative map of the Kingdom of Denmark during the German occupation.
28 October – Beginning of the Telegram Crisis. [2] 5 November – Werner Best is appointed the Third Reich's Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) in Denmark. [2] 27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded [3]
Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (Danish pronunciation: [skæˈve̝ˀnius]; 13 July 1877 – 29 November 1962) was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elected government ceased to function.
The Scavenius cabinet was the government of Denmark from 9 November 1942 to 5 May 1945. It replaced the first Buhl cabinet, which collapsed due to the Telegram Crisis in November 1942, when the Germans demanded changes to the Danish government. The Germans wanted nonpolitical ministers and Nazi ministers in the new government, however, only the ...
Denmark’s not rolling over. The Nordic nation announced Tuesday that it will bolster Greenland’s defenses with a $1.5 billion in new resources, including two elite sled dog teams, days after ...
Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burnt and damaged several copies of the Koran in recent months, prompting outrage in the Muslim world and demands the Nordic governments ban such acts.
The exclusive economic zone (200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) zone) of Mainland Denmark, bordering (clockwise) those of Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom EEZ of Denmark (including overseas territories) 1920 poll results of the Schleswig Plebiscites. The 1920 border between Denmark and Germany was virtually ...