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The occupation saw a great rise in food shortages throughout Norway. Here people wait in line for food rations, Oslo, 1942. The economic consequences of the German occupation were severe. Norway lost all its major trading partners the moment it was occupied. Germany became the main trading partner, but could not make up for the lost import and ...
The Reichskommissariat Norwegen was the occupation regime set up by Nazi Germany in German-occupied Norway during World War II.Its full title in German was the Reichskommissariat für die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete ("Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Norwegian Territories").
After the Indonesian National Revolution, Norway is the first country in the world to recognize Indonesia's sovereignty, followed promptly with the establishment of diplomatic relations on January 25, 1950, through accreditation from Norwegian embassy in Bangkok. [4] Indonesia opened its mission in Oslo in 1950, but was then closed in September ...
Reserving the constitutional legitimacy of the Norwegian government also undermined Vidkun Quisling's attempts at claiming the Norwegian government for himself. After Quisling had proclaimed his assumption of the government, several individuals on the Supreme Court took the initiative to establish an Administrative Council (Administrasjonsrådet) in an effort to stop him.
With the capitulation of Norway's mainland army a German occupation of the country began. [49] Although the regular Norwegian armed forces in mainland Norway laid down their arms in June 1940, there was a fairly prominent resistance movement, which proved increasingly efficient during the later years of occupation. The resistance to the German ...
24 April – German occupation of Norway: Adolf Hitler names Josef Terboven as Reichskommissar of Norway with power to invoke and enforce decrees. 27 April – Norwegian Campaign: British troops begin pull-out from southern and central parts of Norway. 1 May – Norwegian Campaign: Allies begin evacuating south-western and central-Norwegian ports.
It was the largest aerial clash over Norway during World War II. [1] [2] 7 May – Knut Hamsun released his obituary of Adolf Hitler. 8 May – The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany ended as German forces agreed to an unconditional surrender.
In the early morning of 9 April 1940 (Wesertag, "Weser Day"), German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned Anglo-French occupation of Norway known as Plan R 4, which developed as a response to a German invasion of Norwegian territory. After the rapid occupation of Denmark, in which ...