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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Doug Dildy |
ISBN: | 9781846031175 1846031176 |
OCLC Number: | 77013121 |
Description: | 96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Origins of the campaign -- Chronology -- Opposing plans: The German plan ; The Allies' counterplan -- Opposing commanders: The Germans ; The Neutrals ; The Allies -- Opposing forces: German forces assigned ; Danish armed forces ; Norwegian armed forces ; Allied expeditionary forces -- Orders of battle: German forces ; Danish forces ; Norwegian forces ; Allied expeditionary forces -- The campaign: Opening moves ; Wesertag in Denmark ; Landings in Norway ; The Royal Navy responds ; The Allies arrive ; The Luftwaffe rules the air ... and the waves ; Trapped at Narvik ; The final act -- Operation Juno -- The aftermath -- The battlefield today. |
Series Title: | Campaign, 183. |
Responsibility: | Douglas C. Dildy ; illustrated by John White. |
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Abstract:
On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to secure the vital mineral resources of Scandinavia for their war industry. This book describes the events of this tumultuous campaign that led to Churchill's appointment as British Prime Minister, and saw the crippling of the German Kriegsmarine as a fighting force.
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