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This is a list of Norwegian military equipment of World War II. This list will mainly focus on the equipment of the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign or World War II invasion of Norway by Nazi Germany. For Norwegian resistance or other Norwegian forces after the German occupation of Norway please put them under different headers to ...
Krag–Jørgensen M1894 [2] Krag-Petersson reserves. Kammerlader M1860/67 reserves. Jarmann M1884 reserves. Remington M1867 reserves. Mauser Karabiner 98k Norwegian resistance. Lee-Enfield Norwegian resistance. M1 Carbine Norwegian resistance. M1917 Enfield Norwegian resistance.
In the late 1930s, the German war machine was dependent on large amounts of high quality Swedish iron ore that were shipped through the Norwegian port of Narvik.In early 1940, while German and Anglo-French forces watched each other across the French border during the "Phony War" period of World War II, the English and French governments began to draw up plans to send aid to Finland, which was ...
The Royal Norwegian Navy(Norwegian: Sjøforsvaret, lit. 'Sea defence') is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forcesresponsible for navaloperations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard. As of 2008[update], the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized ...
The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The Army participated in various continental wars during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries as well, both in Norway and abroad, especially in World War II (1939–1945).
The Norwegian campaign(8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forcesto defend northern Norwaycoupled with the resistance of the Norwegian militaryto the country's invasion by Nazi Germanyin World War II.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) was established by a royal decree on 1 November 1944, thereby merging the Army and Navy air forces. No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron defended London from 1941 and was the highest scoring fighter squadron in South England during the war.
The Norwegian Brigade War Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.. The Norwegian armed forces in exile (Norwegian: Utefronten, lit. 'Outside Front') were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War II.