| Tittel: | How and why Hitler pounced on Norway | | Ansvar: | B. H. Liddel Hart | | Forfatter: | Liddell Hart, B. H.  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel | | Signatur: | Digital PDF | | Utgitt: | United States, Quantico : Marine Corps Association, 1958 | | Omfang: | 8 sider - Illustrert | | ISBN/ISSN: | 00253170 | | Klassenummer: | 940.53 | | Serie: | Marine Corps Gazette ; 7/1958 | | Emneord: | 2. verdenskrig / Andre verdenskrig / Krig / Militærhistorie / Militærvesen | | Geografiske emneord: | Norge | | Note: | Artikkelen ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side. | | Innhold: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE 6 MONTHS' DECEPTIVE LULL that followed the conquest of Poland ended with a sudden thunderclap. It came, not where the storm-clouds centered, but on the Scandinavian fringe. The peaceful countries of Norway and Denmark were struck by a flash of Hitlerian lightning.
The morning papers on 9 April, featured the news that, on the previous day, British and French naval forces had entered Norwegian waters and laid minefields there-to block them to any ships trading with Germany. Congratulatory comment on this piece of initiative was mingled with justificatory arguments for the breach of Norway's neutrality. But the radio that morning put the newspapers out of date for it carried the far more startling news that German forces were landing at a series of points along the coast of Norway, and had also entered Denmark.
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