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4143:"The British plan which was adopted was more modest. While ostensibly intended to bring Allied troops to the Finnish front, it laid its main emphasis on operations in northern Norway and Sweden. The main striking force was to land at Narvik and advance along the railroad to its eastern terminus at Lulea, occupying Kiruna and Gallivare along the way. By late April two Allied brigades were to be established along that line."
2775:, which developed as a response to a German invasion of Norwegian territory. After the rapid occupation of Denmark, in which the Danish military was ordered to stand down as Denmark's government did not declare war with Germany, German envoys informed the governments of Denmark and Norway that Germany's forces had come to protect both countries against Anglo-French attacks. Significant differences in
4161:"The objectives were to take Narvik, the railroad, and the Swedish ore fields","an intercepted radio message setting 14 March as the deadline for preparation of transport groups indicated that the Allied operation was getting under way. But another message, intercepted on the 15th, ordering the submarines to disperse revealed that the peace had disrupted the Allied plan."
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4152:"The British held back two divisions from France, intending to put them into the field in Norway, and planned to expand their force eventually to 100,000 men. The French intended to commit about 50,000. The British and French staffs agreed that the latter half of March would be the best time for going into Norway."
4047:. However, "the mines were not laid until the morning of 8 April, by which time the German ships were advancing up the Norwegian coast". The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg determined that no Allied invasion was imminent and so rejected the German argument that Germany was entitled to attack Norway.
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whose subject was "gaining bases in Norway". Raeder had begun by asking questions such as "Can bases be gained by military force against Norway's will, if it is impossible to carry this out without fighting?" Norway was vital to
Germany as a transport route for iron ore from Sweden, a supply that the
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Germany was "compelled to attack Norway by the need to forestall an Allied invasion and that her action was therefore preemptive". The German defence was to attempt to refer to Plan R 4 and its predecessors. However, it was determined that Germany had discussed invasion plans as
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was issued on 4 April 1940. The new Allied plans were "Wilfred" and Plan R 4. The plan was to provoke a German reaction by laying mines in
Norwegian waters, and once Germany showed signs of taking action, UK troops would occupy Narvik, Trondheim, and Bergen and launch a raid on Stavanger to destroy
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developed an expanded version of this plan. It decided upon two key factors: surprise was essential to reduce the threat of
Norwegian resistance (and Allied intervention), and faster German warships, rather than comparatively slow merchant ships, should be used as troop transports. That would allow
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into operation. The first said, "Führer does not give order yet for 'Weser
Exercise'. He is still looking for an excuse". The second: "Führer has not yet decided what reason to give for Weser Exercise". It was not until 2 April 1940 that German preparations were completed and the Naval Operational
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and requested a meeting with him. When the two men met 20 minutes later, Renthe-Fink declared that German troops were then moving in to occupy
Denmark to protect the country from Anglo-French attacks. The German ambassador demanded that Danish resistance cease immediately and that contact be
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to Norway just as the Winter War was winding down. The force began boarding on 13 March, but it was recalled and the operation cancelled because of the end of the Winter War. Instead, the
Chamberlain war ministry voted to proceed with the mining operation in Norwegian waters, followed by troop
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United
Kingdom was determined to stop. One British plan was to go through Norway and occupy cities in Sweden. An Allied invasion was ordered on 12 March, and the Germans intercepted radio traffic setting 14 March as deadline for the preparation. Peace in Finland interrupted the Allied plans.
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3989:. On 18 June 1940, an agreement was reached. Soldiers were to travel unarmed and not be part of unit movements. A total of 2.14 million German soldiers, as well as more than 100,000 German military railway carriages, crossed Sweden until that traffic was suspended on 20 August 1943.
3861:, and Narvik were devastated by German bombing; some of them were tactically bombed, others terror-bombed. The main German land campaign advanced northward from Oslo with superior equipment; Norwegian soldiers with turn-of-the-century weapons, along with some British and French troops,
3933:(RAF), fought against the Germans over the control of the Norwegian harbour Narvik, important for the year-round export of Swedish iron ore. The Germans were driven out of Narvik on 28 May, but the deteriorating situation on the European continent made the Allied troops withdraw in
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Operation Weserübung. Initially, the plan was to invade Norway and to gain control of Danish airfields by diplomatic means. However, Hitler issued a new directive on 1 March that called for the invasion of both Norway and Denmark. That came at the insistence of the
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and most of the shores of the Baltic Sea, the Third Reich encircled Sweden from the north, the west and the south. In the east, there was the Soviet Union, the successor of Sweden's and
Finland's archenemy, Russia, on friendly terms with Hitler under the terms of the
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Strategically, Denmark's importance to Germany was as a staging area for operations in Norway. Considering its status as a minor nation bordering Germany, it was also seen as a country that would have to fall at some point. Given Denmark's position on the
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bombing the civilian population of Copenhagen, and with only General Prior in favour of fighting on, King Christian and the entire Danish government capitulated at approximately 06:00, in exchange for retaining political independence in domestic matters.
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That made Norway the occupied country that had withstood a German invasion for the longest time before succumbing. Despite the surrender of the main Norwegian forces, the Royal Norwegian Navy and other armed forces continued fighting the Germans
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In December 1939, the United Kingdom and France began serious planning for sending aid to Finland. Their plan called for a force to land in Narvik, in northern Norway, the main port for Swedish iron ore exports and then to take control of the
3040:, but he would have command of only the ground forces, despite Hitler's desire to have a unified command. The final plan was codenamed "Operation Weserübung" on 27 January 1940. The ground forces would be the XXI Army Corps, including the
3996:, with the agreement signed on 22 September. Initially for transit of troops and military equipment to and from northernmost Norway but soon it included minor bases along the transit road that eventually would grow in preparation for
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3075:, formed for the invasion of Denmark, consisted of two infantry divisions and the 11th motorized brigade. The entire operation would be supported by the X Air Corps, which consisted of some 1,000 aircraft of various types.
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Norway was important to Germany for two primary reasons: as a base for naval units, including U-boats, to weaken Allied shipping in the North Atlantic, and to secure shipments of iron ore from Sweden through the port of
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violated Norway's neutrality. Hitler regarded the incident as a clear sign that the Allies were also willing to violate Norwegian neutrality, which made him become even more strongly committed to invading Norway.
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and five infantry divisions; none of the latter had yet been tested in battle. The first phase would consist of three divisions for the assault, with the remainder to follow in the next wave. Three companies of
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The invasion of Denmark lasted less than six hours and was the shortest military campaign conducted by the Germans during the war. The rapid Danish capitulation resulted in the uniquely-lenient
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argued that a German occupation of Norway would allow control of the nearby seas and serve as a platform for staging submarine operations against the Allies. However, the other branches of the
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at Gratangen. The King and his cabinet evacuated from Molde to Tromsø on 29 April, and the Allies evacuated from Åndalsnes on 1 May. Resistance in Southern Norway then came to an end.
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onboard the ship, whose presence Norwegian authorities had repeatedly ignored. Both the attack and the transportation of prisoners of war into Norwegian waters by
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from Norway on 14 December, Hitler turned his attention to Scandinavia. Convinced of the threat posed by the Allies to the iron ore supply, Hitler ordered the
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and two destroyers belonging to the German invasion fleet. On 9 April, the German invasion was under way, and the execution of Plan R 4 was promptly started.
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to mine Norwegian waters. The first German ships set sail for the invasion on 7 April 1940 at 3:00 a.m. The mine fields were laid in the
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had been alerted and other reinforcements were on their way to the palace. The first German attack on Amalienborg was repulsed, giving
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was carrying a clandestine cargo of anti-aircraft artillery and ammunition for the German invasion force. Bergen, Stavanger,
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in November 1939 changed the strategic situation. Churchill again proposed his mining scheme but once again was denied.
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to capture the Danish royal family. By the time the invasion forces arrived at the king's residence, the
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4622:Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West: Volume 2
4281:(in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 262–264.
4077:List of British military equipment of World War II
3106:overpowered the tanker's crew and rescued British
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4095:List of German military equipment of World War II
4057:List of Danish military equipment of World War II
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4723:(in Danish). Denmark: Flyvevåbnets bibliotek.
4082:List of French World War II military equipment
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4761:Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History
4335:(in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 264.
4186:. Newbury: Casemate Publishers. p. 542.
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4221:Derry, T.K.; Butler, J.R.M. (1952).
4110:Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
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8320:Military operations of World War II
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8315:Denmark–Germany military relations
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5206:Weather events during World War II
4125:Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign
3595:Four minesweepers with 150 troops
3457:(mountain infantry) under General
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3309:At 05:25, two squadrons of German
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2859:In October 1939, the chief of the
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8310:Germany–Norway military relations
7564:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
4855:Halford MacKinder's Necessary War
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4740:"The Fate of the Jews of Denmark"
3173:German invasion of Denmark (1940)
3102:in Norwegian waters. The crew of
3058:U-boat operations in the Atlantic
2894:Toward the end of November 1939,
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4605:. London: Chartwell Books, Inc.
4088:Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940
3941:Encircling of Sweden and Finland
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5514:Territorial changes of Germany
5422:Indonesian National Revolution
3760:– the latter constituting the
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5300:Mediterranean and Middle East
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233:German tanks driving through
7118:Invasion of the Soviet Union
6807:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
6118:Independent State of Croatia
4442:Kongens nei – 10. april 1940
3874:overpowered Norwegian troops
3764:; coincidentally, among the
3083:In February, the Royal Navy
2948:railway line from Narvik to
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8102:End of World War II in Asia
7942:Western invasion of Germany
7449:Chinese famine of 1942–1943
7426:Second Battle of El Alamein
6996:Hundred Regiments Offensive
6968:Battle of the Mediterranean
6821:Italian invasion of Albania
4988:Air warfare of World War II
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4278:Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45
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7396:First Battle of El Alamein
7315:Battle of Christmas Island
7260:Japanese invasion of Burma
7024:Italian invasion of Greece
6940:German invasion of Belgium
6912:German invasion of Denmark
6885:1939–1940 Winter Offensive
6754:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
5011:Comparative military ranks
4759:Zabecki, David T. (2014).
4744:Holocaust Research Project
4719:Schrøder, Hans A. (1999).
4620:Hooton, Edward R. (2007).
4103:Order of Battle April 1940
3825:The First Battle of Narvik
3664:was fired at; her captain
3494:, artillery training ship
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4639:McDouglas, Myres (1997).
4440:Jacobsen, Alf R. (2016).
4416:Danish Jewish Museum 2003
4182:Lunde, Henrik 0. (2009).
3949:Iron ore is extracted in
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7267:Third Battle of Changsha
6864:First Battle of Changsha
6770:Second Sino-Japanese War
5703:German military brothels
5569:United States war crimes
4778:Ziemke, Earl F. (1960).
4763:. London: ABC-Clio Inc.
4677:Petrow, Richard (1974).
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3543:Schnellbootbegleitschiff
3350:refuge in neutral Sweden
3228:Leichter Panzerspähwagen
3214:would bomb the capital,
3034:Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
2982:and called for only one
2900:Chamberlain war ministry
2639:Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
2395:Danish Brigade in Sweden
2323:1944 explosion in Aarhus
1264:Nordic states, 1939–1945
1029:pre-war border conflicts
462:Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
7963:Second Guangxi campaign
7818:Philippines (1944–1945)
7322:Battle of the Coral Sea
7225:Fall of the Philippines
6871:Battle of South Guangxi
6777:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
6176:Italian Social Republic
4810:. Yale Law School. 2008
4091:(1940 documentary film)
3976:Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
3419:214th Infantry Division
3414:196th Infantry Division
3409:181st Infantry Division
3404:163rd Infantry Division
3189:, Denmark, 9 April 1940
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8285:World War II invasions
7548:Armistice of Cassibile
7350:Battle of Dutch Harbor
7301:Battle of the Java Sea
7204:Attack on Pearl Harbor
7104:Syria–Lebanon campaign
7097:Battle of South Shanxi
7067:Invasion of Yugoslavia
6850:Battle of the Atlantic
6464:Korean Liberation Army
6170:(until September 1943)
6127:(until September 1944)
6105:(until September 1944)
4850:The Campaign in Norway
4643:. New York: Springer.
4062:Battle of Kristiansand
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2538:Liberation of Finnmark
446:Commanders and leaders
262:9 April – 10 June 1940
244:near the German border
58:"Operation Weserübung"
7712:Second Battle of Guam
7608:Bengal famine of 1943
7578:Second Battle of Kiev
7534:Battle of the Dnieper
7239:Battle of Wake Island
7111:East African campaign
7053:Battle of South Henan
6698:atrocities by Germans
6471:Korean Volunteer Army
5445:Occupation of Germany
5199:Music in World War II
4658:Outze, Børge (1962).
4029:Two diary entries by
3965:. (Borders 1920–1940)
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3907:Crown Princess Märtha
3884:resist German attacks
3870:Carl Gustav Fleischer
3719:members of Parliament
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3589:with 2,000 troops to
3549:with 1,100 troops to
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3424:3rd Mountain Division
3342:occupation of Denmark
3311:Messerschmitt Bf 110s
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3203:Cecil von Renthe-Fink
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3051:2nd Mountain Division
3042:3rd Mountain Division
2584:Carl Gustav Fleischer
2493:Elverum Authorization
954:Yugoslavian Partisans
673:Casualties and losses
608:1 artillery battalion
552:Carl Gustav Fleischer
8295:Invasions of Denmark
8290:Invasions by Germany
7998:Surrender of Germany
7476:Battle of West Hubei
7433:Guadalcanal campaign
7403:Battle of Stalingrad
7329:Battle of Madagascar
6096:Albania protectorate
5883:(formerly Swaziland)
5592:Wehrmacht war crimes
5408:Expulsion of Germans
5192:Art and World War II
5090:British contribution
5039:Governments in exile
4738:Webb, Chris (2007).
4601:Booth, Owen (1998).
4537:Yale Law School 2008
3998:Operation Barbarossa
3750:Oslo airport Fornebu
3727:Battle of Midtskogen
2709:Operation Weserübung
2695:Sonderabteilung Lola
2594:Jens Christian Hauge
2533:Heavy water sabotage
2483:Operation Weserübung
2366:Elsinore Sewing Club
1444:Kirkenes and Petsamo
1432:Heavy water sabotage
644:2 divisions: ~14,500
635:6 divisions: ~52,000
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8088:Potsdam Declaration
7977:Italy (Spring 1945)
7740:Liberation of Paris
7197:Siege of Sevastopol
6208:(until August 1944)
6111:Wang Jingwei regime
5933:from September 1943
5893:from September 1944
5831:from September 1944
5691:Romanian war crimes
5682:Persecution of Jews
5668:Croatian war crimes
5638:Japanese war crimes
5452:Occupation of Japan
5401:First Indochina War
5113:Military production
5025:Declarations of war
4700:Rohwer, J. (2005).
4518:, pp. 211–212.
4307:"marinens fartøyer"
3739:Quisling government
3685:Oscarsborg Fortress
3302:headed, in Danish,
3167:Invasion of Denmark
3120:expeditionary force
2958:Moscow Peace Treaty
2920:Neville Chamberlain
2771:of Norway known as
2419:Oksbøl Refugee Camp
2409:Frøslev Prison Camp
237:in mainland Denmark
222:Oscarsborg Fortress
8250:Norwegian campaign
8081:Surrender of Japan
7914:Battle of Iwo Jima
7763:Belgrade offensive
7176:Siege of Leningrad
7060:Battle of Shanggao
6989:British Somaliland
6954:Dunkirk evacuation
6905:Norwegian campaign
6843:Invasion of Poland
6670:Japanese prisoners
5631:Italian war crimes
5562:British war crimes
5477:Soviet occupations
5261:South-West Pacific
5148:Allied cooperation
5106:Military equipment
4808:The Avalon Project
4790:on 20 October 2012
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3741:illegitimate. The
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3356:Invasion of Norway
3327:anti-aircraft fire
3280:King's Royal Guard
3276:Amalienborg Palace
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2834:British government
2758:Norwegian Campaign
2569:Johan Nygaardsvold
2488:Norwegian campaign
2380:Free Corps Denmark
2357:Battle of Isefjord
2343:Operation Carthage
1568:Norwegian campaign
1156:French West Africa
997:South West Pacific
905:Denmark and Norway
814:: 6,602 casualties
808:: 4,902 casualties
755:1 aircraft carrier
648:Norway and Denmark
576:William Wain Prior
510:Alfred Saalwächter
8200:Conflicts in 1940
8176:64.000°N 12.000°W
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7956:Battle of Okinawa
7855:Burma (1944–1945)
7689:Mariana and Palau
7469:Tunisian campaign
7294:Fall of Singapore
7218:Fall of Hong Kong
6961:Battle of Britain
6814:Operation Himmler
6723:
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6387:Dutch East Indies
6023:Southern Rhodesia
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5675:Genocide of Serbs
5578:German war crimes
5555:Soviet war crimes
5548:Allied war crimes
5394:Division of Korea
5373:Chinese Civil War
5171:Strategic bombing
5083:Manhattan Project
4784:Command Decisions
4770:978-1-59884-980-6
4711:978-1-59114-119-8
4631:978-1-85780-272-6
4575:, pp. 67–68.
4563:, pp. 66–67.
4506:, pp. 19–20.
4451:978-82-8211-279-6
4367:, pp. 44–49.
3892:Crown Prince Olav
3770:Reinhard Heydrich
3723:national treasury
3603:Course of actions
3325:. Despite Danish
3267:Hansestadt Danzig
3062:Operation Hartmut
3000:airborne division
2904:Operation Wilfred
2896:Winston Churchill
2869:, discussed with
2818:British Admiralty
2808:Operation Wilfred
2734: Operation
2703:
2702:
2564:Crown Prince Olav
2431:
2430:
2263:
2262:
1598:
1597:
1512:
1511:
1228:
1227:
1149:Strategic bombing
1065:Mediterranean Sea
821:
820:
474:Leonhard Kaupisch
347:
346:
119:
118:
111:
93:
8332:
8187:
8186:
8184:
8183:
8182:
8177:
8173:
8170:
8169:
8168:
8165:
8148:
8141:
8134:
8131:World portal
8129:
8128:
8104:
8097:
8090:
8083:
8074:
8067:
8060:
8051:
8044:
8037:
8030:
8023:
8016:
8007:
8000:
7993:
7991:Prague offensive
7986:
7984:Battle of Berlin
7979:
7972:
7965:
7958:
7951:
7944:
7937:
7930:
7928:Vienna offensive
7923:
7916:
7909:
7907:Battle of Manila
7902:
7882:
7873:
7864:
7857:
7848:
7841:
7834:
7827:
7820:
7813:
7806:
7797:
7788:
7781:
7772:
7765:
7758:
7751:
7742:
7735:
7728:
7721:
7714:
7707:
7700:
7691:
7684:
7675:
7666:
7657:
7650:
7648:Korsun–Cherkassy
7643:
7632:
7610:
7601:
7594:
7587:
7580:
7573:
7566:
7559:
7550:
7543:
7536:
7529:
7520:
7513:
7506:
7499:
7492:
7490:Bombing of Gorky
7485:
7478:
7471:
7451:
7444:
7435:
7428:
7421:
7412:
7405:
7398:
7391:
7380:
7373:
7366:
7359:
7357:Battle of Midway
7352:
7345:
7343:Battle of Gazala
7338:
7331:
7324:
7317:
7310:
7303:
7296:
7276:
7269:
7262:
7255:
7253:Battle of Borneo
7248:
7246:Malayan campaign
7241:
7234:
7227:
7220:
7213:
7206:
7199:
7192:
7190:Bombing of Gorky
7185:
7183:Battle of Moscow
7178:
7171:
7164:
7157:
7150:
7143:
7127:
7120:
7113:
7106:
7099:
7092:
7083:
7076:
7069:
7062:
7055:
7035:
7026:
7019:
7012:
7005:
6998:
6991:
6984:
6977:
6970:
6963:
6956:
6949:
6947:Battle of France
6942:
6935:
6928:
6921:
6914:
6907:
6887:
6880:
6873:
6866:
6859:
6852:
6845:
6823:
6816:
6809:
6802:
6800:Munich Agreement
6795:
6788:
6779:
6772:
6765:
6756:
6749:
6734:
6733:
6716:
6709:
6700:
6693:
6686:
6685:Soviet prisoners
6679:
6672:
6665:
6656:
6649:
6640:
6633:
6626:
6625:German prisoners
6621:
6601:
6592:
6585:
6578:
6573:
6566:
6559:
6552:
6545:
6538:
6531:
6524:
6517:
6510:
6503:
6496:
6489:
6482:
6473:
6466:
6459:
6452:
6445:
6438:
6431:
6424:
6417:
6410:
6403:
6396:
6389:
6382:
6375:
6368:
6361:
6354:
6347:
6327:
6320:
6313:
6306:
6299:
6292:
6285:
6278:
6271:
6264:
6257:
6237:
6230:
6223:
6216:
6209:
6201:
6194:
6187:
6178:
6171:
6163:
6156:
6154:French Indochina
6149:
6142:
6135:
6128:
6120:
6113:
6106:
6098:
6078:
6069:
6062:
6053:
6046:
6039:
6032:
6025:
6018:
6011:
6004:
6001:from August 1944
5992:
5985:
5978:
5971:
5964:
5957:
5950:
5943:
5936:
5924:
5917:
5910:
5903:
5896:
5884:
5876:
5869:
5862:
5855:
5848:
5841:
5834:
5822:
5815:
5808:
5801:
5786:
5785:
5766:
5759:
5752:
5745:
5738:
5727:
5712:
5705:
5698:
5693:
5684:
5677:
5670:
5661:
5654:
5647:
5645:Nanjing Massacre
5640:
5633:
5624:
5622:Nuremberg trials
5615:
5608:
5601:
5594:
5587:
5580:
5571:
5564:
5557:
5550:
5530:
5523:
5516:
5507:
5500:
5493:
5486:
5479:
5472:
5463:
5454:
5447:
5440:
5433:
5424:
5417:
5410:
5403:
5396:
5389:
5382:
5375:
5355:
5346:
5339:
5332:
5323:
5316:
5309:
5302:
5293:
5286:
5279:
5270:
5263:
5256:
5249:
5242:
5235:
5228:
5226:Asia and Pacific
5208:
5201:
5194:
5187:
5180:
5173:
5166:
5157:
5155:Mulberry harbour
5150:
5143:
5136:
5129:
5122:
5115:
5108:
5101:
5092:
5085:
5078:
5069:
5062:
5055:
5048:
5041:
5034:
5027:
5020:
5013:
5006:
4997:
4990:
4975:
4974:
4963:
4956:
4947:
4940:
4933:
4926:
4919:
4912:
4905:
4884:
4877:
4870:
4861:
4860:
4839:
4837:
4835:
4819:
4817:
4815:
4799:
4797:
4795:
4774:
4755:
4753:
4751:
4734:
4715:
4696:
4692:978-068800-275-6
4684:
4673:
4654:
4650:978-079232-584-0
4635:
4616:
4612:978-078581-016-2
4588:
4582:
4576:
4570:
4564:
4558:
4552:
4546:
4540:
4534:
4519:
4513:
4507:
4501:
4495:
4489:
4480:
4474:
4468:
4462:
4456:
4455:
4437:
4431:
4425:
4419:
4413:
4407:
4401:
4392:
4386:
4380:
4374:
4368:
4362:
4347:
4346:
4299:
4293:
4292:
4245:
4239:
4233:
4227:
4226:
4218:
4212:
4211:
4205:
4197:
4193:978-1932033-92-2
4179:
4162:
4159:
4153:
4150:
4144:
4141:
4023:Alfred Rosenberg
4014:Nuremberg trials
4004:Nuremberg Trials
3803:, Kristiansand,
3758:Sola Air Station
3697:guns (nicknamed
3581:and two whalers
3571:, light cruiser
3565:, heavy cruiser
3306:(proclamation).
3255:Storstrøm Bridge
3231:armoured car in
3108:prisoners of war
3053:was made later.
3047:fallschirmjagers
2865:, Grand-Admiral
2739:
2732:
2728:
2716:
2680:Nasjonal Samling
2528:Festung Norwegen
2458:
2451:
2444:
2435:
2434:
2353:Operation Safari
2267:
2266:
1820:Petsamo–Kirkenes
1637:
1635:
1625:
1618:
1611:
1602:
1601:
1551:
1549:
1539:
1532:
1525:
1516:
1515:
1499:Petsamo–Kirkenes
1342:Continuation War
1267:
1265:
1255:
1248:
1241:
1232:
1231:
1215:French Indochina
858:
847:
840:
833:
824:
823:
709:5,296 casualties
694:2 light cruisers
586:
585:
584:
574:
573:
562:
561:
550:
549:
538:
537:
526:
525:
508:
507:
506:
496:
495:
494:
484:
483:
482:
472:
471:
470:
460:
459:
458:
435:
434:
433:
426:
422:
420:
419:
408:
406:
405:
395:
393:
392:
382:
380:
379:
369:
365:
363:
362:
256:
255:
199:
190:
179:
170:
159:
150:
125:
124:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
8340:
8339:
8335:
8334:
8333:
8331:
8330:
8329:
8260:1940 in Denmark
8190:
8189:
8181:64.000; -12.000
8180:
8178:
8174:
8171:
8166:
8163:
8161:
8159:
8158:
8156:
8151:
8144:
8137:
8123:
8121:
8109:
8100:
8093:
8086:
8079:
8070:
8063:
8056:
8047:
8042:Atomic bombings
8040:
8033:
8026:
8019:
8012:
8003:
7996:
7989:
7982:
7975:
7968:
7961:
7954:
7947:
7940:
7933:
7926:
7919:
7912:
7905:
7898:
7885:
7878:
7867:
7860:
7853:
7844:
7837:
7830:
7823:
7816:
7809:
7800:
7791:
7784:
7775:
7768:
7761:
7754:
7745:
7738:
7733:Eastern Romania
7731:
7726:Warsaw Uprising
7724:
7719:Tannenberg Line
7717:
7710:
7705:Western Ukraine
7703:
7694:
7687:
7678:
7669:
7660:
7653:
7646:
7635:
7626:
7613:
7606:
7597:
7590:
7583:
7576:
7569:
7562:
7555:
7546:
7539:
7532:
7523:
7516:
7509:
7502:
7497:Battle of Kursk
7495:
7488:
7481:
7474:
7467:
7454:
7447:
7438:
7431:
7424:
7415:
7408:
7401:
7394:
7385:
7376:
7369:
7362:
7355:
7348:
7341:
7334:
7327:
7320:
7313:
7308:St Nazaire Raid
7306:
7299:
7292:
7279:
7272:
7265:
7258:
7251:
7244:
7237:
7230:
7223:
7216:
7209:
7202:
7195:
7188:
7181:
7174:
7167:
7160:
7153:
7146:
7132:
7123:
7116:
7109:
7102:
7095:
7090:Anglo-Iraqi War
7088:
7081:Battle of Crete
7079:
7072:
7065:
7058:
7051:
7038:
7029:
7022:
7015:
7010:Eastern Romania
7008:
7001:
6994:
6987:
6980:
6973:
6966:
6959:
6952:
6945:
6938:
6931:
6924:
6917:
6910:
6903:
6890:
6883:
6876:
6869:
6862:
6855:
6848:
6841:
6828:
6819:
6812:
6805:
6798:
6791:
6784:
6775:
6768:
6761:
6752:
6745:
6719:
6712:
6705:
6696:
6689:
6684:
6675:
6668:
6661:
6652:
6645:
6636:
6629:
6624:
6617:
6604:
6597:
6588:
6581:
6576:
6571:Western Ukraine
6569:
6562:
6555:
6548:
6541:
6534:
6527:
6520:
6515:Northeast China
6513:
6506:
6499:
6492:
6485:
6478:
6469:
6462:
6455:
6448:
6441:
6434:
6427:
6420:
6413:
6406:
6399:
6392:
6385:
6378:
6371:
6364:
6357:
6350:
6343:
6330:
6323:
6316:
6309:
6302:
6295:
6288:
6281:
6274:
6267:
6260:
6253:
6240:
6233:
6226:
6219:
6214:Slovak Republic
6212:
6204:
6197:
6190:
6185:Empire of Japan
6183:
6174:
6166:
6159:
6152:
6145:
6138:
6131:
6123:
6116:
6109:
6101:
6094:
6081:
6074:
6065:
6058:
6049:
6042:
6035:
6028:
6021:
6014:
6007:
5995:
5988:
5981:
5974:
5967:
5960:
5953:
5946:
5939:
5927:
5920:
5913:
5906:
5899:
5887:
5879:
5872:
5865:
5858:
5851:
5844:
5837:
5825:
5818:
5811:
5804:
5797:
5771:
5762:
5755:
5748:
5741:
5730:
5715:
5708:
5701:
5697:Sexual violence
5696:
5689:
5680:
5673:
5666:
5657:
5650:
5643:
5636:
5629:
5620:
5611:
5604:
5597:
5590:
5583:
5576:
5567:
5560:
5553:
5546:
5533:
5526:
5519:
5512:
5503:
5496:
5489:
5482:
5475:
5466:
5457:
5450:
5443:
5436:
5427:
5420:
5415:Greek Civil War
5413:
5406:
5399:
5392:
5385:
5378:
5371:
5358:
5351:
5342:
5335:
5328:
5319:
5312:
5305:
5298:
5289:
5282:
5275:
5266:
5259:
5252:
5245:
5240:South-East Asia
5238:
5231:
5224:
5211:
5204:
5197:
5190:
5183:
5176:
5169:
5162:
5153:
5146:
5139:
5132:
5125:
5118:
5111:
5104:
5099:Military awards
5097:
5088:
5081:
5074:
5065:
5058:
5051:
5044:
5037:
5030:
5023:
5016:
5009:
5002:
4993:
4986:
4966:
4959:
4952:
4943:
4936:
4929:
4924:
4915:
4908:
4901:
4893:
4888:
4846:
4833:
4831:
4830:on 18 July 2011
4813:
4811:
4793:
4791:
4771:
4749:
4747:
4731:
4712:
4693:
4670:
4651:
4632:
4613:
4597:
4592:
4591:
4583:
4579:
4571:
4567:
4559:
4555:
4547:
4543:
4535:
4522:
4514:
4510:
4502:
4498:
4490:
4483:
4475:
4471:
4463:
4459:
4452:
4438:
4434:
4426:
4422:
4414:
4410:
4402:
4395:
4387:
4383:
4375:
4371:
4363:
4350:
4343:
4300:
4296:
4289:
4246:
4242:
4234:
4230:
4219:
4215:
4199:
4198:
4194:
4180:
4176:
4171:
4166:
4165:
4160:
4156:
4151:
4147:
4142:
4138:
4133:
4053:
4006:
3943:
3931:Royal Air Force
3888:King Haakon VII
3623:with Oscarsborg
3605:
3375:
3369:
3367:Order of battle
3364:
3358:
3246:Fallschirmjäger
3175:
3169:
3081:
2970:Vidkun Quisling
2966:
2954:Gulf of Bothnia
2832:. However, the
2824:as a potential
2814:
2798:Main articles:
2796:
2779:, location and
2733:
2712:
2706:
2705:
2704:
2699:
2643:
2629:Wilhelm Rediess
2604:Vidkun Quisling
2599:Gunnar Sønsteby
2547:
2471:
2462:
2432:
2427:
2398:
2385:Schalburg Corps
2369:
2348:Aarhus Air Raid
2327:
2313:Telegram Crisis
2278:
2264:
2259:
1829:
1638:
1633:
1631:
1629:
1599:
1594:
1552:
1547:
1545:
1543:
1513:
1508:
1304:(Faroe Islands)
1268:
1263:
1261:
1259:
1229:
1224:
1111:Other campaigns
1105:Southern France
1014:Burma and India
1009:South-East Asia
1004:Franco-Thai War
859:
853:
851:
817:
761:1 light cruiser
758:1 heavy cruiser
742:
712:
691:1 heavy cruiser
668:
623:
592:
582:
580:
568:
564:Rasmus Hatledal
556:
544:
532:
520:
514:
504:
502:
492:
490:
480:
478:
468:
466:
456:
454:
441:
431:
429:
417:
415:
403:
401:
390:
388:
377:
375:
360:
358:
310:
293:
292:
289:
263:
250:
204:
203:
202:
201:
200:
192:
191:
182:
181:
180:
172:
171:
162:
161:
160:
152:
151:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
8338:
8328:
8327:
8322:
8317:
8312:
8307:
8302:
8297:
8292:
8287:
8282:
8277:
8272:
8267:
8262:
8257:
8255:1940 in Norway
8252:
8247:
8242:
8237:
8232:
8227:
8222:
8217:
8212:
8207:
8202:
8153:
8152:
8150:
8149:
8142:
8135:
8118:
8115:
8114:
8111:
8110:
8108:
8107:
8106:
8105:
8098:
8091:
8077:
8076:
8075:
8061:
8058:South Sakhalin
8054:
8053:
8052:
8038:
8031:
8024:
8017:
8010:
8009:
8008:
7994:
7987:
7980:
7973:
7966:
7959:
7952:
7945:
7938:
7931:
7924:
7917:
7910:
7903:
7895:
7893:
7887:
7886:
7884:
7883:
7876:
7875:
7874:
7858:
7851:
7850:
7849:
7835:
7828:
7821:
7814:
7807:
7798:
7789:
7782:
7773:
7766:
7759:
7752:
7743:
7736:
7729:
7722:
7715:
7708:
7701:
7692:
7685:
7676:
7667:
7658:
7651:
7644:
7633:
7623:
7621:
7615:
7614:
7612:
7611:
7604:
7603:
7602:
7595:
7581:
7574:
7567:
7560:
7553:
7552:
7551:
7537:
7530:
7521:
7514:
7507:
7500:
7493:
7486:
7483:Battle of Attu
7479:
7472:
7464:
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6628:
6627:
6623:
6620:
6616:
6615:
6613:
6611:
6607:
6600:
6596:
6591:
6587:
6584:
6583:Quốc dân Đảng
6580:
6579:
6575:
6572:
6568:
6565:
6561:
6558:
6554:
6551:
6547:
6544:
6540:
6537:
6533:
6530:
6526:
6523:
6519:
6516:
6512:
6509:
6505:
6502:
6498:
6495:
6491:
6488:
6484:
6481:
6477:
6472:
6468:
6465:
6461:
6460:
6458:
6454:
6451:
6447:
6444:
6440:
6437:
6433:
6430:
6426:
6423:
6419:
6416:
6412:
6409:
6405:
6402:
6398:
6395:
6391:
6388:
6384:
6381:
6377:
6374:
6370:
6367:
6363:
6360:
6356:
6353:
6349:
6346:
6342:
6341:
6339:
6337:
6333:
6326:
6322:
6319:
6315:
6312:
6308:
6305:
6301:
6298:
6294:
6291:
6287:
6284:
6283:Liechtenstein
6280:
6277:
6273:
6270:
6266:
6263:
6259:
6256:
6252:
6251:
6249:
6247:
6243:
6236:
6235:Collaboration
6232:
6229:
6225:
6222:
6218:
6215:
6211:
6207:
6203:
6200:
6196:
6193:
6189:
6186:
6182:
6177:
6173:
6172:
6169:
6165:
6162:
6158:
6155:
6151:
6148:
6144:
6141:
6137:
6134:
6130:
6126:
6122:
6119:
6115:
6112:
6108:
6104:
6100:
6097:
6093:
6092:
6090:
6088:
6084:
6077:
6073:
6068:
6064:
6063:
6061:
6060:United States
6057:
6052:
6048:
6047:
6045:
6041:
6038:
6034:
6031:
6027:
6024:
6020:
6017:
6013:
6010:
6006:
6002:
5998:
5994:
5991:
5987:
5984:
5980:
5977:
5973:
5970:
5966:
5963:
5959:
5956:
5952:
5949:
5945:
5942:
5938:
5934:
5930:
5926:
5923:
5919:
5916:
5912:
5909:
5905:
5902:
5898:
5894:
5890:
5886:
5882:
5878:
5875:
5871:
5868:
5864:
5861:
5857:
5854:
5850:
5847:
5843:
5840:
5836:
5832:
5828:
5824:
5821:
5817:
5814:
5810:
5807:
5803:
5800:
5796:
5795:
5793:
5791:
5787:
5784:
5782:
5778:
5765:
5761:
5758:
5754:
5751:
5750:Comfort women
5747:
5744:
5740:
5737:
5734: /
5733:
5729:
5726:
5723: /
5722:
5719: /
5718:
5714:
5711:
5710:Camp brothels
5707:
5704:
5700:
5699:
5695:
5692:
5688:
5683:
5679:
5676:
5672:
5671:
5669:
5665:
5660:
5656:
5653:
5649:
5646:
5642:
5641:
5639:
5635:
5632:
5628:
5623:
5619:
5614:
5610:
5607:
5603:
5602:
5600:
5599:The Holocaust
5596:
5593:
5589:
5586:
5585:forced labour
5582:
5581:
5579:
5575:
5570:
5566:
5563:
5559:
5556:
5552:
5551:
5549:
5545:
5544:
5542:
5540:
5536:
5529:
5525:
5522:
5518:
5515:
5511:
5506:
5502:
5499:
5495:
5492:
5488:
5485:
5481:
5480:
5478:
5474:
5471:
5470:
5465:
5462:
5461:
5456:
5453:
5449:
5446:
5442:
5439:
5438:Marshall Plan
5435:
5432:
5431:
5426:
5423:
5419:
5416:
5412:
5409:
5405:
5402:
5398:
5395:
5391:
5388:
5384:
5381:
5377:
5374:
5370:
5369:
5367:
5365:
5361:
5354:
5350:
5345:
5341:
5340:
5338:
5334:
5331:
5327:
5322:
5318:
5315:
5311:
5308:
5304:
5303:
5301:
5297:
5292:
5291:Eastern Front
5288:
5285:
5284:Western Front
5281:
5280:
5278:
5274:
5269:
5265:
5262:
5258:
5255:
5251:
5248:
5244:
5241:
5237:
5234:
5230:
5229:
5227:
5223:
5222:
5220:
5218:
5214:
5207:
5203:
5200:
5196:
5193:
5189:
5186:
5182:
5179:
5178:Puppet states
5175:
5172:
5168:
5165:
5161:
5156:
5152:
5149:
5145:
5144:
5142:
5138:
5135:
5131:
5128:
5124:
5121:
5120:Naval history
5117:
5114:
5110:
5107:
5103:
5100:
5096:
5091:
5087:
5086:
5084:
5080:
5077:
5073:
5068:
5067:United States
5064:
5061:
5057:
5054:
5050:
5049:
5047:
5043:
5040:
5036:
5033:
5029:
5026:
5022:
5019:
5015:
5012:
5008:
5005:
5001:
4996:
4992:
4991:
4989:
4985:
4984:
4982:
4980:
4976:
4973:
4969:
4962:
4958:
4955:
4951:
4946:
4942:
4939:
4935:
4932:
4928:
4927:
4923:
4918:
4914:
4913:
4911:
4907:
4904:
4900:
4899:
4896:
4892:
4885:
4880:
4878:
4873:
4871:
4866:
4865:
4862:
4856:
4853:
4851:
4848:
4847:
4829:
4825:
4821:
4809:
4805:
4801:
4789:
4785:
4781:
4776:
4772:
4766:
4762:
4757:
4745:
4741:
4736:
4732:
4730:87-982509-8-1
4726:
4722:
4717:
4713:
4707:
4703:
4698:
4694:
4688:
4683:
4682:
4675:
4671:
4669:87-567-1889-6
4665:
4661:
4656:
4652:
4646:
4642:
4637:
4633:
4627:
4623:
4618:
4614:
4608:
4604:
4599:
4598:
4587:, p. 68.
4586:
4581:
4574:
4569:
4562:
4557:
4551:, p. 59.
4550:
4545:
4538:
4533:
4531:
4529:
4527:
4525:
4517:
4512:
4505:
4500:
4494:, p. 19.
4493:
4488:
4486:
4479:, p. 72.
4478:
4473:
4467:, p. 18.
4466:
4461:
4453:
4447:
4443:
4436:
4429:
4424:
4417:
4412:
4405:
4404:Schrøder 1999
4400:
4398:
4390:
4385:
4379:, p. 15.
4378:
4373:
4366:
4361:
4359:
4357:
4355:
4353:
4344:
4342:82-02-14138-9
4338:
4334:
4333:
4328:
4324:
4320:
4316:
4312:
4308:
4304:
4303:Thowsen, Atle
4298:
4290:
4288:82-02-14138-9
4284:
4280:
4279:
4274:
4270:
4266:
4262:
4258:
4254:
4250:
4244:
4237:
4232:
4224:
4217:
4209:
4203:
4195:
4189:
4185:
4178:
4174:
4158:
4149:
4140:
4136:
4126:
4123:
4121:
4118:
4116:
4113:
4111:
4108:
4106:
4104:
4102:
4098:
4096:
4093:
4090:
4089:
4085:
4083:
4080:
4078:
4075:
4073:
4070:
4068:
4065:
4063:
4060:
4058:
4055:
4054:
4048:
4046:
4045:Sola airfield
4041:
4036:
4032:
4027:
4024:
4020:
4015:
4011:
4001:
3999:
3995:
3990:
3988:
3984:
3979:
3977:
3972:
3964:
3960:
3956:
3952:
3947:
3938:
3936:
3932:
3927:
3925:
3921:
3916:
3912:
3908:
3904:
3903:
3897:
3893:
3889:
3885:
3882:continued to
3881:
3877:
3875:
3871:
3866:
3864:
3860:
3856:
3852:
3848:
3844:
3840:
3835:
3833:
3832:
3826:
3822:
3821:
3816:
3815:
3810:
3806:
3802:
3798:
3794:
3793:
3787:
3786:Junkers Ju 88
3783:
3782:
3777:
3776:
3771:
3767:
3763:
3759:
3755:
3751:
3746:
3744:
3740:
3736:
3732:
3729:and bombs at
3728:
3724:
3720:
3716:
3712:
3708:
3704:
3700:
3696:
3692:
3691:
3686:
3681:
3679:
3675:
3671:
3667:
3663:
3659:
3658:
3653:
3652:
3647:
3646:
3640:
3637:was sunk off
3636:
3635:
3630:
3622:
3617:
3609:
3598:
3594:
3592:
3588:
3584:
3580:
3576:
3575:
3570:
3569:
3564:
3563:
3558:
3556:
3552:
3548:
3544:
3540:
3539:
3534:
3533:
3528:
3525:
3521:
3517:
3513:
3512:torpedo boats
3509:
3505:
3504:
3499:
3498:
3493:
3492:
3487:
3486:
3482:
3479:
3476:
3472:
3471:
3466:
3464:
3460:
3456:
3455:
3450:
3449:
3444:
3443:
3439:
3436:
3435:
3434:
3432:
3425:
3422:
3420:
3417:
3415:
3412:
3410:
3407:
3405:
3402:
3400:
3397:
3396:
3395:
3393:
3392:
3386:
3384:
3378:
3374:
3363:
3353:
3351:
3347:
3343:
3338:
3335:
3330:
3328:
3324:
3320:
3316:
3312:
3307:
3305:
3301:
3297:
3296:Dornier Do 17
3293:
3289:
3288:General Prior
3285:
3281:
3277:
3273:
3269:
3268:
3262:
3260:
3256:
3252:
3248:
3247:
3242:
3234:
3230:
3229:
3223:
3219:
3217:
3213:
3208:
3204:
3199:
3197:
3188:
3184:
3179:
3174:
3164:
3162:
3161:
3157:
3156:heavy cruiser
3154:
3150:
3149:
3143:
3139:
3135:
3134:
3129:
3128:battlecruiser
3124:
3121:
3116:
3113:
3109:
3105:
3101:
3100:
3095:
3092:
3091:
3086:
3079:Preliminaries
3076:
3074:
3070:
3069:
3063:
3059:
3054:
3052:
3048:
3043:
3039:
3035:
3032:
3027:
3025:
3021:
3017:
3013:
3009:
3005:
3001:
2997:
2992:
2987:
2985:
2981:
2977:
2976:
2971:
2961:
2959:
2955:
2951:
2947:
2946:
2939:
2937:
2933:
2929:
2925:
2921:
2917:
2913:
2909:
2905:
2901:
2897:
2892:
2890:
2889:Low Countries
2886:
2885:
2880:
2876:
2872:
2868:
2864:
2863:
2857:
2855:
2851:
2847:
2843:
2839:
2835:
2831:
2827:
2823:
2819:
2813:
2809:
2805:
2801:
2791:
2789:
2784:
2782:
2778:
2774:
2770:
2766:
2761:
2759:
2755:
2751:
2747:
2743:
2737:
2727:
2723:
2719:
2715:
2710:
2696:
2693:
2691:
2690:Statspolitiet
2688:
2686:
2683:
2681:
2678:
2676:
2673:
2671:
2668:
2666:
2663:
2661:
2658:
2656:
2653:
2652:
2650:
2648:Organizations
2646:
2640:
2637:
2635:
2632:
2630:
2627:
2625:
2622:
2620:
2617:
2615:
2612:
2610:
2607:
2605:
2602:
2600:
2597:
2595:
2592:
2590:
2587:
2585:
2582:
2580:
2577:
2575:
2572:
2570:
2567:
2565:
2562:
2560:
2557:
2556:
2554:
2550:
2544:
2541:
2539:
2536:
2534:
2531:
2529:
2526:
2524:
2521:
2519:
2516:
2514:
2513:The Holocaust
2511:
2509:
2506:
2504:
2501:
2499:
2496:
2494:
2491:
2489:
2486:
2484:
2481:
2480:
2478:
2474:
2470:
2466:
2459:
2454:
2452:
2447:
2445:
2440:
2439:
2436:
2425:
2422:
2420:
2417:
2415:
2414:Horserød camp
2412:
2410:
2407:
2406:
2401:
2396:
2393:
2391:
2388:
2386:
2383:
2381:
2378:
2377:
2376:Organizations
2372:
2367:
2363:
2360:
2358:
2354:
2351:
2349:
2346:
2344:
2341:
2339:
2336:
2335:
2330:
2324:
2321:
2319:
2316:
2314:
2311:
2309:
2306:
2304:
2301:
2299:
2296:
2294:
2293:
2288:
2287:
2286:
2281:
2277:
2273:
2268:
2256:
2253:
2251:
2248:
2246:
2243:
2241:
2238:
2236:
2233:
2231:
2228:
2226:
2223:
2221:
2218:
2217:
2216:
2215:
2209:
2206:
2204:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2194:
2191:
2189:
2186:
2184:
2181:
2179:
2176:
2174:
2171:
2169:
2166:
2164:
2161:
2159:
2156:
2154:
2151:
2149:
2146:
2144:
2141:
2139:
2136:
2134:
2131:
2129:
2126:
2124:
2121:
2119:
2116:
2114:
2111:
2109:
2106:
2105:
2104:
2103:
2097:
2094:
2092:
2089:
2087:
2084:
2082:
2079:
2077:
2074:
2072:
2069:
2067:
2064:
2062:
2059:
2057:
2054:
2052:
2049:
2047:
2044:
2042:
2039:
2038:
2037:
2036:
2030:
2027:
2025:
2022:
2020:
2017:
2015:
2012:
2010:
2007:
2005:
2002:
2000:
1997:
1995:
1992:
1990:
1987:
1985:
1984:
1980:
1978:
1975:
1973:
1970:
1968:
1965:
1963:
1960:
1958:
1955:
1953:
1950:
1948:
1945:
1943:
1940:
1938:
1935:
1933:
1930:
1928:
1925:
1923:
1920:
1918:
1915:
1913:
1910:
1908:
1905:
1904:
1903:
1902:
1896:
1893:
1891:
1888:
1886:
1883:
1881:
1878:
1876:
1873:
1871:
1868:
1866:
1863:
1861:
1858:
1856:
1853:
1851:
1848:
1846:
1843:
1841:
1840:
1836:
1835:
1832:
1828:
1825:
1824:
1821:
1818:
1816:
1815:
1811:
1810:
1809:
1808:
1802:
1799:
1797:
1796:
1792:
1790:
1789:
1785:
1783:
1780:
1779:
1778:
1777:
1769:
1768:
1764:
1763:
1762:
1759:
1757:
1756:Motovsky Gulf
1754:
1752:
1751:
1747:
1745:
1744:Cape Pikshuev
1742:
1740:
1739:
1735:
1733:
1732:
1728:
1726:
1725:
1721:
1719:
1718:
1714:
1712:
1711:
1707:
1706:
1705:
1704:
1698:
1697:
1693:
1691:
1690:
1686:
1685:
1684:
1683:
1677:
1676:
1672:
1670:
1667:
1665:
1664:
1660:
1658:
1655:
1653:
1652:
1648:
1647:
1646:
1641:
1636:
1626:
1621:
1619:
1614:
1612:
1607:
1606:
1603:
1591:
1588:
1586:
1583:
1581:
1578:
1576:
1575:
1571:
1569:
1566:
1564:
1563:
1559:
1558:
1555:
1550:
1540:
1535:
1533:
1528:
1526:
1521:
1520:
1517:
1505:
1502:
1500:
1497:
1495:
1494:
1489:
1487:
1486:
1482:
1480:
1479:
1475:
1473:
1472:
1468:
1466:
1465:
1461:
1459:
1458:
1454:
1452:
1451:
1447:
1445:
1442:
1440:
1439:
1435:
1433:
1430:
1428:
1427:
1423:
1419:
1416:
1414:
1411:
1410:
1409:
1408:
1404:
1402:
1400:
1396:
1395:
1394:
1393:
1392:
1385:
1384:
1380:
1379:
1378:
1377:
1376:
1369:
1368:
1364:
1362:
1359:
1357:
1356:
1352:
1350:
1349:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1334:
1333:
1332:
1331:
1324:
1321:
1317:
1314:
1313:
1312:
1311:
1307:
1305:
1303:
1299:
1295:
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6508:Netherlands
6373:Czech lands
6311:Switzerland
6255:Afghanistan
6199:Philippines
6067:Puerto Rico
5983:Philippines
5969:New Zealand
5955:Netherlands
5908:Free France
5659:Prosecution
5460:Osoaviakhim
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4961:Conferences
4585:Ziemke 1960
4573:Ziemke 1960
4561:Ziemke 1960
4549:Ziemke 1960
4504:Rohwer 2005
4492:Rohwer 2005
4477:Petrow 1974
4465:Rohwer 2005
4377:Petrow 1974
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3506:mothership
3503:Schnellboot
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3438:Battleships
3346:deportation
3284:Christian X
3272:the Citadel
3207:Peter Munch
3142:Vestfjorden
3056:Almost all
2980:Studie Nord
2838:World War I
2822:Scandinavia
1761:Barents Sea
1710:Sportpalast
1491:Attacks on
1361:Lapland War
1144:Air Warfare
1058:East Africa
802:1 submarine
799:1 destroyer
792:Polish Navy
786:1 submarine
783:1 destroyer
776:French Navy
767:1 submarine
605:9 divisions
309:Territorial
8280:Code names
8194:Categories
7970:West Hunan
7803:Pointblank
7139:Silver Fox
7125:Summer War
6878:Winter War
6857:Phoney War
6638:Azerbaijan
6599:Yugoslavia
6494:Luxembourg
6336:Resistance
6076:Yugoslavia
5941:Luxembourg
5743:Sook Ching
5539:War crimes
5141:Technology
5134:Opposition
5076:Lend-Lease
5053:Australian
5046:Home front
5004:Blitzkrieg
4954:Casualties
4945:Commanders
4917:Operations
4834:27 October
4814:27 October
4750:27 October
4389:Outze 1962
4365:Booth 1998
4169:References
4040:Weserübung
4038:Order for
4035:Weserübung
3955:Malmberget
3902:Devonshire
3735:Nybergsund
3491:Königsberg
3216:Copenhagen
3196:Baltic Sea
3183:Pz.Kpfw. I
3138:Scapa Flow
3123:landings.
3073:XXXI Corps
3010:, Narvik,
2996:army corps
2928:Winter War
2912:Royal Navy
2794:Background
2769:occupation
2675:Nortraship
2559:Haakon VII
2503:Resistance
2498:Occupation
2476:Key events
2390:HIPO Corps
2334:Resistance
2292:Weserübung
2290:Operation
2285:Key events
1801:North Cape
1788:Zitronella
1767:Regenbogen
1738:Wunderland
1651:Weserübung
1562:Weserübung
1485:Zitronella
1471:Gearbox II
1407:Weserübung
1348:Silver Fox
1337:Winter War
1283:Weserübung
1185:Yugoslavia
1166:Madagascar
1129:Antarctica
1100:Dodecanese
920:Resistance
888:Winter War
878:Phoney War
748:Royal Navy
727:23 wounded
215:Sør-Aurdal
69:newspapers
8035:Manchuria
7921:Indochina
7697:Bagration
7148:Lithuania
6793:Anschluss
6590:Viet Minh
6487:Lithuania
6429:Hong Kong
6192:Manchukuo
6147:Azad Hind
5806:Australia
5606:Aftermath
5469:Paperclip
5364:Aftermath
5164:Total war
5032:Diplomacy
4995:In Europe
4794:18 August
4428:Webb 2007
4253:"marinen"
4202:cite book
4101:Luftwaffe
4008:The 1941
3994:Wehrmacht
3915:Wesertag.
3900:HMS
3851:Steinkjer
3839:Åndalsnes
3829:HMS
3766:Luftwaffe
3676:Narrows (
3670:Oslofjord
3643:ORP
3639:Lillesand
3629:troopship
3621:Oslofjord
3532:Karlsruhe
3475:Trondheim
3448:Gneisenau
3334:Luftwaffe
3313:attacked
3212:Luftwaffe
3185:tanks in
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3131:HMS
3088:HMS
3085:destroyer
3068:Luftwaffe
3024:Stavanger
3016:Trondheim
2945:Malmbanan
2908:North Sea
2884:Wehrmacht
2842:blockades
2788:Weserzeit
2777:geography
2714:‹See Tfd›
2609:Jonas Lie
2589:Otto Ruge
1367:Tanne Ost
1302:Valentine
1036:Australia
932:Alps 1940
925:1944–1945
724:26 killed
656:: ~35,000
650:: ~66,500
540:Otto Ruge
220:Norway's
99:June 2017
8146:Category
8095:document
8005:document
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7846:Budapest
7794:Crossbow
7672:Overlord
7511:Smolensk
6729:Timeline
6564:Slovakia
6550:Thailand
6401:Ethiopia
6366:Bulgaria
6290:Portugal
6221:Thailand
6103:Bulgaria
5881:Eswatini
5874:Ethiopia
5827:Bulgaria
5652:Unit 731
5613:Response
5430:Keelhaul
5380:Cold War
5353:Americas
5344:timeline
5337:Atlantic
5217:Theaters
4329:(eds.).
4327:Sørensen
4315:Hjeltnes
4305:(1995).
4275:(eds.).
4273:Sørensen
4261:Hjeltnes
4251:(1995).
4051:See also
3831:Warspite
3820:Eidsvold
3801:Egersund
3790:MS
3632:SS
3547:Tsingtau
3520:Schiff18
3323:strafing
3300:leaflets
3187:Aabenraa
3148:Glowworm
2984:division
2964:Planning
2916:Plan R 4
2850:Norrland
2846:iron ore
2804:Plan R 4
2773:Plan R 4
2765:Wesertag
2738:Exercise
1795:Ostfront
1782:Kara Sea
1696:Polyarny
1689:Claymore
1663:Alphabet
1590:Finnmark
1504:Finnmark
1450:Gauntlet
1438:Claymore
1426:Alphabet
1401:incident
1323:Bornholm
1316:Isefjord
1205:Bulgaria
1134:Atlantic
1117:Americas
1070:Adriatic
664:~101,500
597:Strength
334:and the
269:Location
217:, Norway
133:Part of
8167:12°00′W
8164:64°00′N
8072:Shumshu
7839:Hungary
7786:Estonia
7770:Lapland
7748:Dragoon
7681:Neptune
7663:Ichi-Go
7629:Tempest
7571:Changde
7526:Cottage
7418:Jubilee
7134:Finland
7032:Compass
6738:Prelude
6691:Finland
6577:Vietnam
6543:Romania
6415:Germany
6394:Estonia
6380:Denmark
6359:Belgium
6352:Austria
6345:Albania
6276:Ireland
6262:Andorra
6246:Neutral
6206:Romania
6140:Hungary
6125:Finland
5997:Romania
5889:Finland
5867:Denmark
5813:Belgium
5799:Algeria
5505:Romania
5491:Hungary
5247:Pacific
4971:General
4925:Leaders
4910:Battles
4903:Outline
4323:Ringdal
4319:Nøkleby
4269:Ringdal
4265:Nøkleby
3924:at home
3911:Petsamo
3805:Arendal
3731:Elverum
3715:Cabinet
3690:Blücher
3662:Pol III
3657:Pol III
3619:Map of
3562:Blücher
3555:Arendal
3516:Schiff9
3391:General
3319:Zealand
3315:Værløse
3259:Masnedø
3251:Aalborg
3233:Jutland
3225:German
3181:German
3112:Altmark
3104:Cossack
3099:Altmark
3094:boarded
3090:Cossack
3031:General
2936:Finland
2781:climate
2752:during
2742:Denmark
2731:transl.
2518:Telavåg
2272:Denmark
1912:PQ 9/10
1839:Dervish
1827:Convoys
1669:Wilfred
1585:Telavåg
1574:Archery
1493:Tirpitz
1464:Gearbox
1457:Fritham
1413:Denmark
1399:Altmark
1375:Iceland
1330:Finland
1289:Denmark
1276:Denmark
1210:Hungary
1200:Romania
1049:Africa
949:Balkans
944:Britain
898:Lapland
893:Karelia
883:Finland
719:Denmark
639:Denmark
619:120,000
397:Denmark
367:Germany
338:by the
332:Iceland
326:Germany
318:Denmark
311:changes
304:victory
280:Denmark
235:Horsens
83:scholar
8049:Debate
8021:Taipei
8014:Borneo
7592:Tarawa
6786:Europe
6747:Africa
6536:Poland
6522:Norway
6501:Malaya
6480:Latvia
6422:Greece
6408:France
6304:Sweden
6269:Bhutan
5990:Poland
5976:Norway
5948:Mexico
5915:Greece
5901:France
5839:Canada
5820:Brazil
5790:Allies
5736:Serbia
5725:Poland
5498:Poland
5484:Baltic
5277:Europe
4979:Topics
4931:Allied
4767:
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3951:Kiruna
3920:abroad
3896:7 June
3855:Namsos
3809:Horten
3756:, and
3713:, the
3674:Drøbak
3568:Lützow
3524:Bergen
3510:, two
3497:Bremse
3463:Narvik
3383:Narvik
3304:OPROP!
3253:, the
3241:Gedser
3133:Renown
3012:Tromsø
3008:Bergen
2875:Allied
2854:Narvik
2810:, and
2746:Norway
2718:German
2685:Hirden
2655:Milorg
2552:People
2465:Norway
2198:RA 61A
2183:RA 59A
2143:JW 61A
2113:JW 56B
2108:JW 56A
2096:RA 55B
2091:RA 55A
2086:RA 54B
2081:RA 54A
2066:JW 55B
2061:JW 55A
2056:JW 54B
2051:JW 54A
1994:JW 51B
1989:JW 51A
1814:Mascot
1750:Orator
1657:Narvik
1478:Leader
1418:Norway
1391:Norway
1355:Orator
1310:Safari
1294:Norway
1139:Arctic
971:Sicily
873:Poland
867:Europe
806:Allies
731:Norway
654:Allies
630:Norway
437:Poland
424:France
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302:German
298:Result
285:Norway
242:Åbenrå
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7825:Leyte
7655:Narva
7641:Anzio
7599:Makin
7557:Burma
7441:Torch
7410:Rzhev
7371:Kiska
6457:Korea
6443:Japan
6436:Italy
6318:Tibet
6297:Spain
6168:Italy
5929:Italy
5922:India
5846:China
5721:Japan
5321:Italy
5233:China
5185:Women
4309:. In
4255:. In
4131:Notes
3959:Luleå
3843:Molde
3814:Norge
3699:Moses
3695:Krupp
3645:Orzeł
3574:Emden
3136:left
2950:Luleå
2736:Weser
2665:Linge
2508:Camps
2405:Camps
2255:RA 67
2250:RA 66
2245:RA 65
2240:RA 64
2235:JW 67
2230:JW 66
2225:JW 65
2220:JW 64
2208:RA 63
2203:RA 62
2193:RA 61
2188:RA 60
2178:RA 59
2173:RA 58
2168:RA 57
2163:RA 56
2158:JW 64
2153:JW 63
2148:JW 62
2138:JW 61
2133:JW 60
2128:JW 59
2123:JW 58
2118:JW 57
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