Denmark and Norway 1940

Hitler’s boldest operation

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Denmark and Norway 1940

Hitler’s boldest operation

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On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to secure the vital mineral resources of Scandinavia for their war industry. This assault, Operation Weserübung, represents the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the history of warfare, and was the only such campaign planned, launched, and completed by the three services of the Wehrmacht. It also included the use of the rarest of German armoured vehicles, the Naubaufahrzeug NbFz.A/B (PzKw V/VI) experimental 'land battleship'.

This book describes the events of this tumultuous campaign of World War II (1939-1945) that not only led to Winston Churchill's appointment as British Prime Minister, but also saw the crippling of the German Kriegsmarine as a fighting force, as it was reduced to a fleet of submarines and a handful of heavy warships used as commerce raiders.

Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign

Chronology
Opposing plans
Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Orders of battle
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefield today

Further reading
Index

Product details

Published Apr 24 2007
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781846031175
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 b/w
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 183
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Douglas C. Dildy

Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel…

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John White

John White was born in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, i…

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