Adolf Hitler14 December 1939
Issues OKW command to begin plans to invade orway
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Issues OKW command to begin plans to invade orway
Quisling meets Hitler & urges him to invade Norway
Hitler orders comprehenisive plans be made for the invasion of Norway
The Cossack seizes the Altmark off Norway, increases will to invade Norway
With operation "Weserubung" Germany occupies Denmark and Norway
Germany launches Operation Weserubung and German forces land at Narvik to secure the northern ore route.
The Germans occupy Oslo
Leads a German invasion force
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