We would like to thank The Crown and Goodman Family and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Firstly, German industry was dependant on the import of iron ore from Sweden. The decision to embark on the venture was made by Adolf Hitler as Chief of State and also (since December 1938) as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the German Reich. The German invasion of Denmark and Norway began on 9 April 1940. On March 1, 1940 Hitler issued a Directive describing the plan of attack and rationale behind German plans for invading Norway and Denmark. The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940, Geirr H Haarr.This is a monumental, hugely detailed and very impressive account of the early stages of the German invasion of Norway, focusing on the build-up to war, the initial German attack and the naval campaigns that followed, and with much more attention paid to the Norwegian point of view than is often the case. The occupation of Denmark was initially not an important objective for the German government.
Some troops crossed the Jutland border into Denmark, others emerged from hiding in German merchant ships in Copenhagen harbor, and paratroops landed at key points around the country. 9 April - June 1940. author Paul Boșcu, November 2016 . Operation Weserübung, Invasion of Denmark and Norway.
by Earl F. Ziemke. The German Decision To Invade Norway and Denmark. Germany assures iron-ore from neutral Sweden. Operation Weserübung, Invasion of Denmark and Norway. This ore was sent via the Norwegian port of Narvik. The decision to embark on the venture was made by Adolf Hitler as Chief of State and also (since December 1938) as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the German Reich. Germany’s motives for invading the two countries were numerous. The Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) ... After the German invasion of Norway and Denmark, followed by a warning by the new Japanese naval attaché Captain Tadashi Maeda that a German attack on the Netherlands was certain, it became clear to the Dutch military that staying out of the conflict might prove impossible. The German Decision To Invade Norway and Denmark.
German General of Infantry von Falkenhorst readied light flexible forces to spearhead an invasion that began early in April. The Norwegian campaign was an attempted Allied occupation of northern Norway, during the early stages of World War II. by Earl F. Ziemke. The German invasion of Norway was a dramatically daring military operation. Germany invades Norway and Denmark On April 9, 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway.
Operation Weserübung was the codename for the German plan to invade Norway and Denmark. Some early stages of the Allied operation preceded the German invasion and occupation of the Norwegian mainland on April 9, 1940. At 4.30 a.m. the German Minister in Oslo presented a demand to the Norwegian Foreign Minister that the country should be handed Thank you for supporting our work.