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On the naval side of the Norwegian casualties, the Royal Norwegian Navy, fielding 121 mostly outdated ships at the outset of the German invasion, was virtually wiped out during the campaign.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.
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 ...
As a prelude, it justifies the invasion of Norway by outlining alleged British plans to invade the country, and attempts by the British to mine the leads along the Atlantic coast. When the Royal Navy invaded Norwegian waters to attack the German tanker Altmark and free prisoners held there by the Germans, it signalled an escalation of the ...
The Norwegian government also explored the possibility of creating a neutral, but free Northern Norway. This plan proved futile, and on 7 June the King and government were evacuated to Britain. All Allied troops were evacuated from Narvik between 4 and 8 June.
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 ...
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)
Norway was neutral in World War I and tried to remain neutral in World War II.Neutrality was maintained until the German invasion began on 9 April 1940. Norwegian coastal artillery sufficiently delayed the German capture of Oslo to permit Norway's King Haakon VII, the royal family and the government to flee the capital and eventually reach Tromsø at the top of Norway on 2 May.
The order was given to abandon ship. The lifeboat was lowered into the water but overturned, so the crew was forced to cling to its sides. Weakened by blood loss, Olsen let go and drowned, becoming the first Norwegian casualty of the war. [1] The surviving 14 crew were picked up by the invasion force and held captive.