EVENT INFORMATION

9
April
1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway

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📅 9 April 1940 📍 Dania, Norwega

German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway to secure strategic sea routes and access to Swedish iron ore. Occupation brought collaboration, resistance, and coercion into northern Europe. This early expansion helped widen the conflict before the war’s imperial dimensions reached their full scale.

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🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Christian X

Haakon VII

Norwegian and Danish civilians

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Nazi Germany

Denmark

Norway