Otto Ruge10 April 1940
Ruge is appointed commander in chief and begins organising Norwegian resistance to the German invasion.
Norway · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Ruge is appointed commander in chief and begins organising Norwegian resistance to the German invasion.
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