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The northern Finnish harbour of Petsamo becomes Sweden's and Finland's last window to the western world. Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, and enters a state of co-belligerence with Nazi Germany. 26 June Commencement of the so called "horseshoe traffic" on Swedish railways of German troops going between Trondheim and Narvik.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) [67] Location: Finland, Baltic Sea, Sweden. Sweden Russian Empire Denmark-Norway(1788–1789) [79] Favourable outcome for Sweden; Status quo ante bellum: 3000 Swedish–Algerian war of 1791–1792 (1791–1792) Location: Mediterranean. Sweden: Regency of Algiers Ottoman Empire (De-jure) Sweden agrees to pay ...
The Oxford companion to world war II (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995) Elting, John R. Battles for Scandinavia (Time-Life Books 1981) Haarr, Geirr. The Gathering Storm: Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939 to April 1940 (2013) Haarr, Geirr. German Invasion of Norway: April 1940 (vol 1 2012); The Battle for Norway, April-June ...
The transit of German troops through Finland and Sweden and Swedish iron-ore mining during World War II helped the German war effort. Sweden had disarmed after World War I and was in no position to resist German threats militarily by 1940. In 1943, the Swedish Armed Forces were much improved, and all such deals with Germany were terminated ...
Sweden's air force at the beginning of World War II was relatively small and lacked modern radar systems, engines, or weaponry. This changed during the build-up in the 1940s, though, eventually providing Sweden with an aircraft storage that was both numerous and of high quality, in preparation for the Cold War.
The Midsummer crisis (Swedish: Midsommarkrisen) was a political crisis in Sweden after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941. [1] Sweden's neutrality was tested when Nazi Germany and Finland demanded that Sweden allow the transit of the Wehrmacht's 163rd Infantry Division by railroad from Norway to Finland. [1]
As part of this pressure, the Soviets initiated a bombing offensive against Finnish territory in winter 1944. On February 22, Soviet bombers believed to have been targeting Turku, Finland, due to navigation issues, strayed into Swedish airspace, bombing Stockholm and Strängnäs. [2]