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The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945.
The German occupation of Norway was to prove a thorn in the side of the Allies during the next few years. Bombers based at Sola had a round trip of about 920 km to Rattray Head in north-east Scotland, instead of a round trip of about 1,400 km from the nearest airfield on German soil (the island of Sylt ), while the east of Scotland and coastal ...
The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940. In 1942, there were at least 2,173 Jews in Norway. At least 775 of them were arrested, detained and/or deported. More than half of the Norwegians who died in camps in Germany were Jews. [ 2 ] 742 Jews were murdered in the camps and 23 Jews died as a result of extrajudicial execution, murder ...
Operation Doomsday. Part of Second World War. Allied occupation of Norway. British airborne troops, just disembarked from Stirling aircraft at Gardermoen airfield near Oslo. Date. 9 May – August 1945. Location. Norway. 59°54′39.51″N 10°43′21.56″E / 59.9109750°N 10.7226556°E / 59.9109750; 10.7226556.
The German surrender of Akershus Fortress on 11 May 1945. German troops leave Oslo on bicycles, 19 May 1945. The Norwegian underground army of the Second World War on parade in front of the Royal Palace in 1945. The Royal Family of Norway waving to the welcoming crowds from HMS Norfolk at Oslo, June 1945.
The early phase of the invasion was marked by the German advantage of surprise. Norwegian troops in northern Norway had been called out on a three-month neutrality watch during the winter of 1939/1940, and so they had trained together. From 9–25 April, the Norwegian forces suffered three catastrophes.
Norwegian campaign order of battle. The German operation for the invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 was code-named Weserübung, or "Weser Exercise." Opposing the invasion were the partially mobilized Norwegian military, and an allied expeditionary force composed of British, French, and Free Polish formations.
March 1940. 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.