After the much success of the invasion Poland Hitler ordered planning for a invasion of Denmark and Norway as he saw that if the British were able to gain support of Norway and Denmark it could really disorientate the German War Machine. Norway put up more of a fight than Denmark but it was short-lived as once the Germans landed it was over.Īn invasion of Norway proved feasible and partially necessary to secure Swedish iron ore imports. This ended in the capitulation of the Norwegian and Danish governments. Operation Weserübung was the German invasion of Denmark and Norway during World War 2. German bombing of the Norwegian coastal fortress OscarsborgĪ total defeat of the Norwegian and Danish Armies and Navy's.King Haakon VII of Norway and his son Crown Prince Olav during a German air raid on Geilo.Norwegian artillery in action near Narvik German forces advancing near Hardangerfjord
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