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5: Using assistance to Finland as rationale, the Allied Supreme War Council decides on intervention in Norway. Initial plans are for a landing at Narvik, and success would rely on the acquiescence of Norway and Sweden. It is clear that despite the stated rationale, cutting supplies of iron ore to Germany is a prime motivation for the plan.
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
The Battle of Narvik saw Norway's toughest fight in World War II; nearly 7,500 Norwegian soldiers participated in the battle, along with British, French and Polish troops. The reconquest of Narvik was the first time the forces of the Third Reich were removed from a captured city.
A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61826-7. Williamson, Gordon (2003). German Destroyers 1939–45. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-504-4. Ziemke, Earl F. (1959). The German Northern Theater of Operations 1940–1945. US Department of the Army Pamphlet.
The Timeline of the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, covers the period during World War II from the first military actions between Germany and France and to the armistice signed by France.
Battle of Silda (1810) Battle of Anholt (1811) Battle of Grimstad Bay (1811) Battle of Tromsø (1812) Battle of Lyngør (1812) Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809) Battle of Lier (1808) Battle of Toverud (1808) Battle of Rødenes (1808) Battle of Trangen (1808) Battle of Furuholm (1808) Battle of Mobekk (1808) Battle of Prestebakke (1808) Battle of ...
Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just war games meant to hone the fighting skills of the newly expanded 32-nation military alliance. With drills underway now, NATO ...
Dissolution of Denmark-Norway; Dano-Swedish War (1808–09) (1808–1809) Denmark–Norway France Sweden United Kingdom: Stalemate. Return to Status quo ante bellum; Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution (1809) Denmark-Norway United Kingdom: Iceland: Victory. Imprisonment of Jørgen Jørgensen; Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) (1813-1814) Denmark ...