Norwegian Campaign

Download or read book Norwegian Campaign written by Books LLC and published by Books LLC, Wiki Series. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 75. Chapters: Battles of Narvik, Norway Debate, Operation Weser bung, Battle of Hegra Fortress, Battle of Domb s, Norwegian Campaign order of battle, Battle of Dr bak Sound, Namsos Campaign, Skorpa prisoner of war camp, Operation Wilfred, Lom prisoner of war camp, Alta Battalion, Franco-British plans for intervention in the Winter War, Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign, Operation Juno, German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele, Flight of the Norwegian National Treasury, The Day Will Dawn, Battle of Gratangen, 2nd Division, Battle of Midtskogen, 6th Division, Allied campaign in Norway, Battle of Vinjesvingen, Operation Alphabet, Bj rnfjell Station, Battle of ndalsnes. Excerpt: The Norwegian Campaign was a military campaign that was fought in Norway during the Second World War between the Allies and Germany, after the latter's invasion of the country. In April 1940, the United Kingdom and France came to Norway's aid with an expeditionary force. Despite moderate success in the northern parts of Norway, Germany's invasion of France the following June compelled the Allies to withdraw and the Norwegian government to seek exile in London. The campaign subsequently ended with the occupation of Norway by Germany, and the continued fighting of exiled Norwegian forces from abroad. The conflict occurred between 9 April and 10 June 1940, the 62 days of fighting making Norway the nation that withstood a German invasion for the longest period of time, aside from the Soviet Union. Both Britain and France had signed military assistance treaties with Poland, and two days after Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, both western nations declared war against Germany. However, neither country opened up a western front, and no major engagements occurred between the sides for several months in what became known as the Phoney War. Winston Churchill in par...