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Norwegian nobles victory. The Norwegian Royal Seal is given to the Norwegian nobels; Ivar Ogmundsson is appointed as Royal Seal holder; Second Norwegian Noble Rising (1338–1339) Swedish-Norwegian Union: Norwegian nobles Norwegian nobles victory. King Magnus VII made an agreement with the Norwegian nobles; Kalundborg War (1341–1343) Siege of ...
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 provoke a German response in Norway and prepared a separate operation ...
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Simultaneously with the Danish invasion, an attack against Sweden was also launched from Norway, to force the Swedes to fight a two-front war. It was named after general Gyldenløve, who led the Norwegian offensive. Despite the defeat at Fyllebro, the successful invasion of Scania allowed Norwegian troops to capture Bohuslän. During the winter ...
The Norwegian campaign (8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.
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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.
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.