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Danish and Norwegian chieftain victory. Norway conquered by King Cnut; King Olaf II was driven into exile to Kievan Rus; Battle of Stiklestad (1030) Olaf II: Peasant Army Peasant victory. Death of Olaf II; Tryggvi the Pretender's invasion of Norway (1033) North Sea Empire: Tryggvi the Pretender Invasion failed. Death of Tryggvi the Pretender ...
Russia mobilizes for war. August 1 Politics: Germany declares war on Russia and mobilizes. [7] [8] [9] Western: France mobilizes. [7] Politics: Italy declares its neutrality. [10] Politics: German–Ottoman alliance. German Empire and the Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty. [11] August 2 Western: Germany invades Luxembourg. [12] Western
The ships were manned by around 7,000 crew members. In all 118 warships had been under Norwegian command at one time or another during the war years. [26] [108] Norwegian squadrons flew with the RAF Fighter and Coastal Commands. The Norwegian-manned 331 Squadron and 332 Squadron operated Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67) Battle of Vågen (1665) Scanian War (1675–79) Battle of Oviken (1677) Battle of Vänersborg (1677) Battle of Marstrand (1677) Battle of Køge Bay (1677) Battle of Ålen (1679) Danish-Dutch conflict over Greenland (1739) Battle of Jakobshavn (1739) Great Northern War (1700–21) Battle of Køge Bay (1710 ...
At the time of the German invasion, the Norwegian Army was only partially mobilized, and thus only the following land units were immediately available to the Norwegians; The Oslo battalion of the Royal Guards; 4 regiments of the 1st and 2nd Divisions; 3 battalions of the 3rd Division; 5 battalion for the 4th Division
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 civil war era of Norwegian history (Norwegian borgerkrigstida) is a term used for the period between 1130 and 1240 in the history of Norway. During this time, a series of civil wars were fought between rival kings and pretenders to the throne of Norway. The reason for the wars is one of the most debated topics in Norwegian medieval history.
The invasion and recapture of Lorraine formed one of the major parts of the French pre-war strategy, Plan XVII. The loss of Lorraine (and Alsace ; see above) to the Prussians in the 1870–1871 Franco-Prussian War was seen as a national humiliation by the public and military alike, and was at the forefront of their minds for the next war ...