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German invasion. German infantry attacking through a burning Norwegian village, April 1940. King Haakon and crown prince Olav seeking refuge as the German Luftwaffe bombs in Molde, April 1940. German troops enter Oslo, May 1940. In the background is the Victoria Terrasse, which later became the headquarters of the Gestapo.
Since 1943 the Western Allies had been developing plans for the occupation of Norway, code-named Operation Apostle, after Germany's surrender. [2] Force 134, the occupation force, was composed of Norwegian troops who were stationed in Scotland, as well as a British contingent (initially the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division), a few American troops, [3] and some 12,000 Norwegian police troops ...
The Battle of Narvik saw Norway's toughest fight in World War II; nearly 7,500 Norwegian soldiers participated in the battle, along with British, French and Polish troops. The reconquest of Narvik was the first time the Third Reich war machine had to be removed from a captured city.
1920: America's Great War, novel about a German invasion of U.S. The Invasion of the United States Series, juvenile novels about a German invasion of U.S. The War in the Air, H. G. Wells' novel depicting a German invasion of the U.S. The Fall of a Nation (novel) about Invasion of America by a German-led European Army
Ukrainian. v. t. e. The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, and by implication the lack of legitimacy of Vidkun Quisling 's pro-Nazi regime and Josef ...
Map of the Nordic region. Nordic immigration to North America encompasses the movement of people from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland to the North America, mainly the United States and Canada, from the 17th to the 20th centuries. These immigrants were drawn to the New World by factors ranging from economic ...
The Flight of the Norwegian National Treasury was the transfer of Norway's gold reserves to the United States via the United Kingdom, to avoid them falling into the hands of Nazi Germany. The National Treasury of Norway consisted of 50 tonnes of gold worth 240 million kr in 1940 (approximately US$54.5 million in 1940, [1] or US$1.8 billion in ...
April 1940. 1: Hitler approves final plans for the attacks on Norway and Denmark. 2: Germany sets 9 April 1940 as the date for Weserübung. 3: Winston Churchill becomes the chair of the British Ministerial Defence Committee. One of his first actions is to get consent for mining operations in Norwegian territorial waters.