'Then my father formulated a document of surrender in Norwegian, which both men signed. Norway - Later in the month, and in spite of abandoning plans to help Finland, Britain and France decided to disrupt Swedish iron ore traffic to Germany by mining Norwegian waters (Operation 'Wilfred'). This is an ... but promised to take care of the germans inside Finland, if they didnt wanted to surrender. 400,000 German troops surrender in Norway in 1945? I am Norwegian, and have a great interest in WWII, especially WWII in Norway. I have often read that there were 400,000 German 'service personnel' - not just soldiers, but police, technicians, etc. June 10th in German History: The Surrender of Norway. “Small pockets German troops refused to give up and in some cases fought on for days, even weeks, before finally calling it quits.” IT WAS JUST after 2:30 a.m. on May 7, 1945 when Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, commander of what was left of the once mighty Wehrmacht, marched into Supreme Allied Headquarters in Reims, France and signed the “German Instrument of Surrender” … Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (14 May 1945 - German Surrender: The unconditional surrender of Germany on May 8 marked the end of the War in Europe. in Norway that surrendered in 1945. German prisoners of war from Elverum camp being processed prior to embarkation from Norway to Germany. Except for Poland, Norway and Denmark were the two countries occupied by the NAZI for the longest period. Axis History Forum. I have a beat-up issue of 'After the Battle' magazine which covers the German surrender and King Hakon's return. 'That was the surrender of the last German military unit of WWII – in many ways a strange surrender.' A few months ago, I discussed the start of operation Weserbung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway during World War II. Thread starter Alexander Rooksmoor; Start date May 28, 2020; A. Alexander Rooksmoor Member. German surrender was a far more complex undertaking than most people realize. Europe is a big place, and it wasn't as if a referee waved a … in Norway that surrendered in 1945. Hours after the invasion, the German minister in Oslo demanded Norway’s surrender. What no one realise is that a tiny, forgotten outpost of the Third Reich was holding out in the eternal daylight of the Arctic summer, over 3200 … German troops evacuating Trondheim using local horse-drawn transport. World War Two ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the German high command on May 7th, 1945 in Reims. May 28, 2020 #1. At the war's end 28,500 Norwegians were imprisoned for serving in German police or army units in … I have often read that there were 400,000 German 'service personnel' - not just soldiers, but police, technicians, etc. Among them were two-thirds of Europe's Jews, who had been systematically exterminated by the Nazis. It describes the first allied delegation (apart from the Norwegian underground army) to have direct discussions with the Germans arrived in the afternoon of May 8th via a Sunderland flying boat into Oslo harbor. At the war's end 28,500 Norwegians were … May 28, 2020 #1. 'This served as a pre-text for the arrest and detention of all male Jewish inhabitants of the area as part of the Holocaust in Norway. Here is a remarkable photo essay of the German equipment surrendered in Norway at the end of the war.
In some literature, (most notably the norwegian movie "Max Manus") the explanation given for the lack of troop movement back to germany, is basically that the norwegian resistance detroyed infrastructure to halt german movements in Norway. Germany invades Norway and Denmark On April 9, 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. The cost had been huge, leaving perhaps 35 million dead. And although the war was finally over, the outcome was a Europe … Posted by jameseiler June 10, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Anniversary, German History, Germany, History, Norwegian Surrender, This Day in History, Today in History. German mountain troops on the road after evacuating Oslo.
The German World War II occupation of Norway began with the invasion of the neutral country (April 9, 1940) and lasted until the liberation following the German surrender (May 8, 1945). The german forces didnt get long enough respite to retreat voluntarily], they retreated up through the north Finland during heavy fights and burning the land, into Norway - where they were still pursuited, first by the fins while in Finland, later by the soviets. First Invasion Then Liberation: Norway in 1945.