Denmark and Norway 1940
Subtitle: Hitler's boldest operation (Campaign)
Contributors: John White (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: April 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781846031175
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: Second World War; History of specific subjects; Military - World War II; History; History - Military / War; Military; Germany; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; History / Military / World War II
Description: "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 assault, Operation Weserübung, represents the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the history of warfare, and was the only such campaign planned, launched, and completed by the three services of the Wehrmacht. It also included the use of the rarest of German armoured vehicles, the Naubaufahrzeug NbFz.A/B (PzKw V/VI) experimental 'land battleship'. This book describes the events of this tumultuous campaign of World War II (1939-1945) that not only led to Winston Churchill's appointment as British Prime Minister, but also saw the crippling of the German Kriegsmarine as a fighting force, as it was reduced to a fleet of submarines and a handful of heavy warships used as commerce raiders."--Publisher description.