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Operation Weserübung
Sign in to save1940 code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War
Operation Weserübung was Nazi Germany's 1940 military invasion of Denmark and Norway during World War II. The operation matters because it gave Germany control of strategic territory and resources in Scandinavia while demonstrating the effectiveness of rapid, coordinated military tactics that would influence warfare strategies throughout the conflict.
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Key facts
- Date
- Date 9 April – 10 June 1940, (2 months and 1 day)
- Location
- Denmark Norway
- Result
- German victory
- Territorial changes
- Occupation of Denmark and Norway by Germany Occupation of Iceland and the Faroe Islands by the United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- code name
- Part of
- Norwegian Campaign
- Country
- Norway
- Image
- Operation Weserübung.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 11752
- Number of injured
- 341
- Participant
- Norway
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- Commons category
- Operation Weserübung
- start time
- 1940-04-09
- end time
- 1940-06-10
- point in time
- 1940-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Germany
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