On 28 April 1939, Nazi Germany offered Norway and several other Nordic countries non-aggression pacts. To maintain its neutrality, Norway turned down the German offer, as did Sweden and Finland.

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 military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:

2025年3月7日 · Norway - WWII Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: With the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, Norway again declared itself neutral. On April 9, 1940, German troops invaded the country and quickly occupied Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Narvik. The Norwegian government rejected the German ultimatum regarding immediate capitulation.

2018年3月30日 · Norway was occupied for the vast majority of the Second World War. We take a look at the story of Norway during the war, from initial occupation through to the resistance movement and eventual liberation. Invaded and torn apart, left on its own by allies, what role did Norway play during the Second World War?

In 1940, at the outset of World War II, the Norwegian Armed Forces were relatively small and ill-prepared for the German invasion that began on April 9, 1940. The Norwegian military consisted of the following branches: Army (Hæren): The Norwegian Army had around 15,000 active soldiers and a mobilization capacity of about 100,000 men.

2007年1月8日 · World War II German troops invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, planning to capture the King and the Government in order to force the country to surrender. However, the Royal Family, the Government and most members of the Storting were able to flee before the occupying forces reached Oslo.

2019年11月11日 · The Norwegian Kingdom had successfully lived in peace, maintained neutrality through World War I, and hoped to remain neutral from the great conflict that was World War II (WWII). To the Norwegians’ utter shock, those hopes came to a shattering end during the early hours of April 9, 1940, when German forces invaded Norway. [2]

Read our guide to key WWII sites and important events in Norway during the Second World War, including the battle of Narvik, the sinking of the Blücher at Oscarsborg, and the heavy water sabotage mission at Rjukan.

3 天之前 · World War II - Invasion, Norway, Allies: On April 9, 1940, the major Norwegian ports from Oslo northward to Narvik (1,200 miles away from Germany's naval bases) were occupied by advance detachments of German troops.