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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
The most important tactical unit of the Norwegian army was the regiment. When mobilized, each regiment was supposed to muster two battalions of infantry of the line, and one battalion of landvern. Some of the Norwegian forces were ad hoc battalions. The commander of the Norwegian Army at the time of the invasion was General Kristian Laake.
The battle was sparked by the mutual collision of French and German invasion forces in the lower Ardennes Forest. [6] The pre-war French strategy expected German forces in the area to be light, and the French light, rapid firing artillery was expected to convey an advantage in forested terrain over the bigger German guns.
More than 1,500 Norwegian sailors died during this period, [2] creating an increasingly anti-German sentiment throughout the nation of Norway. Thus, both commerce and political sympathies tied Norway and Britain together during World War I, even though Norway remained officially neutral.