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On the naval side of the Norwegian casualties, the Royal Norwegian Navy, fielding 121 mostly outdated ships at the outset of the German invasion, was virtually wiped out during the campaign. Only 15 warships, including a captured German fishing trawler , with some 600 men had managed to evacuate to the United Kingdom by the end of the fighting.
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The early phase of the invasion was marked by the German advantage of surprise. Norwegian troops in northern Norway had been called out on a three-month neutrality watch during the winter of 1939/1940, and so they had trained together. From 9–25 April, the Norwegian forces suffered three catastrophes.
The Norwegian government of Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, with the exception of foreign minister Halvdan Koht and minister of defence Birger Ljungberg, was largely caught by surprise when it became apparent in the early hours of 9 April 1940 that Nazi Germany had launched an invasion of Norway. Although some of the country's gold reserve ...
The first waves of Vietnamese immigrants to Norway came after the Fall of Saigon, in 1975.They escaped Vietnam by boat, and were also known as the boat people.Some were picked up by Norwegian cargo ships and came to Norway after spending time in refugee camps in East Asia and Southeast Asia and were processed through interviews by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Norwegian special forces soldiers (FSK) unload from a MH-47 Chinook during Operation Anaconda. War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Operation Anaconda (2002) Operation Jacana (2002) Operation Mongoose (2003) Operation Pickaxe-Handle (2007) Operation Harekate Yolo (2007) Operation Karez (2008) Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (2009–2014)
The most important tactical unit of the Norwegian army was the regiment. When mobilized, each regiment was supposed to muster two battalions of infantry of the line, and one battalion of landvern. Some of the Norwegian forces were ad hoc battalions. The commander of the Norwegian Army at the time of the invasion was General Kristian Laake.
3: The date for invasion is set for 17 March 1940, although this is later delayed to April. 28: The Allies decide to begin mining Norwegian waters (Operation Wilfred), and to send a military force to Norway to pre-empt German aggression. The Allies assumed that Wilfred would provoke a German response in Norway and prepared a separate operation ...