[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Norway, 1940 – Operations in Southern and Central Norway, April-May 1940
Evolution of Plan Yellow, October 1939-January 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[PzLdr]

To paraphrase ark Twain, I think reports of GNIESENAU’s demise are somewhat premature.

While she won’t have the career of her sister ship, GNIESENAU will, I think, be around for awhile longer. She may even show up in Norwegian waters again. Say around Jume...

[CougarGA7]

Lord Haw Haw has a report on the recently finished Russo-Finnish War. Just click the picture to hear the latest propaganda.

[CougarGA7]

The Norwegians should take heart. The British are coming.

On April 13, the first British landing on Norwegian soil took place at Namsos, nor of Trondheim, when 350 sailors and marines were put ashore to deny it to the Germans. Later, troops were to use it as a base for 'Operation Maurice', and attack on Trondheim from the north by British and French units. The Germans immediately started bombing it. - The Atlantic Campaign, Dan Van der Vat, p. 158.

This was not the only British landing of the day though.

The German invasion of Denmark and Norway led the British to occupy the Danish Faroe Islands (between the Shetland Isles and Iceland) on April 13th, and response to the new Atlantic threat posed by the German capture of the Norwegian coast, a new boldness (or desperation) was shown with the seizure of neutral Iceland for days before Churchill came to power. - The Atlantic Campaign, Dan Van der Vat, p. 162.