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German to Norway?
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Posted: Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 06:46 AM UTC
Hi Armorama History - fans!

I wonder, did the germans in WW2 cross Sweden with soldiers by train, to invade Norway?

Please tell me the trouth about this, I have heard so much incorrect about this.

/ Jamal
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Posted: Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 07:27 AM UTC
Jamal,
This site reports it was all by sea.

http://www.magweb.com/sample/sconflic/co03wese.htm

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Jim
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Posted: Monday, November 25, 2002 - 01:51 AM UTC
Thanks Jim...
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Posted: Monday, November 25, 2002 - 03:17 AM UTC

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Thanks Jim...


Jamal--the Germans also execute a nice airborne and air landing portion to their invasion of Norway. Unfortunately for them, the British fleet and Norweigian coastal batteries destroy a good portion of the German surface fleet. It also marks one of the truly worse performances by the British and French land forces in the European war.
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Posted: Monday, November 25, 2002 - 04:50 AM UTC
Sweden has questioable "Neutrality" during WW II, so German didn;t passed overland, and the invasion to Normay was Seaborne and Airborne. If I am not remember wrong, German lost Hipper there. And the Royal Navy did some really courageous acts there, with the destoryer ramming cruiser, things like that....
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Posted: Monday, November 25, 2002 - 07:58 AM UTC

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the British fleet and Norweigian coastal batteries destroy a good portion of the German surface fleet


This was one of the few examples of a defensive fortification actually working really well in modern warfare. The situation a few months later at Eban Emael and even the Maginot Line would prove very different.

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Posted: Monday, November 25, 2002 - 09:31 AM UTC
The Swedes did sell iron ore to Germany during the war and allowed it to be shipped to occupied Norway during the conflict.
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