The Norwegian campaign (8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
Events in the year 1940inNorway. 1940 is the year when Norway became drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invaded the country, which remained...
German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945. Throughout...
Results from Norwegian football in1940. Because of World War II, Norgesserien 1939/40 was abandoned after the winter break following the German invasion...
the Norwegian government on 9 April 1940, the day of the German invasion of Norway. At 7:32 p.m., Quisling visited the studios of the Norwegian Broadcasting...
Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
Denmark and Norwayin April 1940 was code-named Weserübung, or "Weser Exercise." Opposing the invasion were the partially mobilized Norwegian military,...
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1940inNorwegian music. November 6 – Ivar F. Andresen, operatic singer (born 1896)...
The 1940Norwegian Football Cup was the 39th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. This was the last cup until the end of Second...
Treasury of Norway consisted of 50 tonnes of gold worth 240 million kr in1940 (approximately US$54.5 million in1940, or US$1.8 billion in 2015.) When...
Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, behind his father. In1940, as a result...
The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in1940 and ended...
motivation of Nazi Germany to invade and occupy Norway came about for two principal reasons. The first was that in1940, Germany was dependent on natural resources...
1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian Campaign...
obverse of a 1940Norwegian krone. The reverse of the 1940 krone. In 1963, 5 kroner coins were introduced. Production of 1 and 2 øre coins ceased in 1972. The...
The Norwegian Army (Norwegian: Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service...
tanker Altmark, which happened on 16–17 February 1940. It took place in what were neutral Norwegian waters. On board the Altmark were roughly 300 Allied...
The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) was established in London in April 1940 to administer the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German-controlled...
The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940. In 1942, there were at least 2,173 Jews inNorway. At least 775 of them were arrested, detained...
the labor movement. Germany occupied Norway between 1940 and 1945 during the Second World War, after which Norway joined NATO and underwent a period of...
Antisemitism in contemporary Norway deals with antisemitic incidents and attitudes encountered by Jews, either individually or collectively, inNorway since...
German response inNorway and prepared a separate operation known as Plan R 4 to occupy Narvik and other important locations. On 8 April 1940, the operation...
Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in southern Ontario during the Second World War. When Nazi Germany attacked Norway on 9 April 1940, with only...
The year 1940in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia. The top ten 1940 released...
while rarely interfering in politics, a practice continued by his son and grandson. Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany in April 1940. Haakon rejected German...
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