Summary.
Ending the Phony war the Invasion of Norway was Germany attempting to take over the extensive coastline making passage of German warships into the Atlantic easier.
The Invasion of Norway and the Low Countries
- Germany invaded Denmark and Norway
- Began April 9th 1940
- The Phony War: A time after the Invasion of Poland with little military action
- Hitler saw the large Norwegian coastline as a useful tool
- Germany occupied Norway from 1940 till 1945
- Opened the Norway campaign
- To expand the German empire
- Germany surrendered on the 8th of May in 1945
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