The Norwegian campaign (8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
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Events in the year 1940 in Norway. 1940 is the year when Norway became drawn into World War II. On 9 April Nazi Germany invaded the country, which remained...
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Operation Weserübung (redirect from 4/9 1940 Denmark/Norway)
June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the...
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German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8 May 1945. Throughout...
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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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Results from Norwegian football in 1940. Because of World War II, Norgesserien 1939/40 was abandoned after the winter break following the German invasion...
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Treasury of Norway consisted of 50 tonnes of gold worth 240 million kr in 1940 (approximately US$54.5 million in 1940, or US$1.8 billion in 2015.) When...
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Quisling regime (redirect from 1940 Norwegian coup d'état)
the Norwegian government on 9 April 1940, the day of the German invasion of Norway. At 7:32 p.m., Quisling visited the studios of the Norwegian Broadcasting...
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Harald V (redirect from Ancestry of Harald V of Norway)
Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, behind his father. In 1940, as a result...
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1940 in Norwegian music. November 6 – Ivar F. Andresen, operatic singer (born 1896)...
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