Norwegian Campaign
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Was the struggle for the control of Norway between Germany and the Allies that ended with the German military occupation of that country.
Chronology
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April 1940: Egersund is captured without resistance by the Germans, as is Arendal.
June 1940: The surrender of Norway to the German invading force is complete and resistance is ended.
April 1940: Bergen and Trondheim are captured by Germany.
April 1940: In Oslo, the Norwegian government has left, and Vidkun Quisling becomes the head of the new government.
April 1940: The British 146th Brigade is forced to withdraw from Steinkjer by German forces.
May 1940: Norwegian and Allied forces attack Narvik, entering the town after a short fight.
April 1940: Allied forces decide to withdraw from Namsos and Åndalsnes, abandoning the effort against German forces at Trondheim.
May 1940: Territorial change based on available maps.
April 1940: British forces land at Namsos and Harstad as Anglo-French forces prepare to launch operations against German forces at Trondheim and Narvik.
May 1940: German forces enter Åndalsnes.
May 1940: Anglo-French forces land at Mosjøen to block German advances to Narvik.
April 1940: The Narvik landing force evades British naval forces and defeats the Norwegian vessels in the fjord.
April 1940: British forces land at Åndalsnes.
April 1940: German air-landed soldiers land at and capture the airport at Oslo.
May 1940: French Foreign Legion and Polish forces land at Tromsø and Harstad.
April 1940: Kongsberg fell to German forces without a fight.
April 1940: German forces moved north from Oslo reach Lillehammer and captured the town.
