1940 code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War
Documented facts
- Date
- 9 April 1940 (Gregorian) — 10 June 1940 (Gregorian)
- Precision
- Day
- Source coordinates
- 59.9167°, 10.7333°
- Reported deaths
- 11,752
- Part of
- Norwegian Campaign
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Nikolaus von Falkenhorst — documented command · Source ↗
- Leonhard Kaupisch — documented command · Source ↗
- Eduard Dietl — documented command · Source ↗
- Erhard Milch — documented command · Source ↗
- Hans Geisler — documented command · Source ↗
- Alfred Saalwächter — documented command · Source ↗
- Adrian Carton de Wiart — documented command · Source ↗
- Bernard Paget — documented command · Source ↗
- Pierse Mackesy — documented command · Source ↗
- William Wain Prior — documented command · Source ↗
- Kristian Laake — documented command · Source ↗
- Otto Ruge — documented command · Source ↗
- Carl Gustav Fleischer — documented command · Source ↗
- Friedrich Bonte — documented participation · Source ↗
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