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    Operation Weserübung (German: Unternehmen Weserübung [ˈveːzɐˌʔyːbʊŋ], transl. Operation Weser Exercise, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark...
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  • The German operation for the invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 was code-named Weserübung, or "Weser Exercise." Opposing the invasion were the...
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  • result of the following day's German invasion of Norway and Denmark (Operation Weserübung), which instead began the Norwegian Campaign. With the outbreak of...
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    Scharnhorst also participated in the German invasion of Norway: Operation Weserübung. During operations off the coast of Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser...
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    and Gneisenau participated in Operation Weserübung (April–June 1940), the German invasion of Norway. During operations off Norway, the two ships engaged...
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    Battle of the Atlantic. She led the assault on Trondheim during Operation Weserübung; while en route to her objective, she sank the British destroyer...
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    shipping. The two ships participated in Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. During operations off Norway, the two ships engaged...
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    in earnest with the Norwegian Campaign when the Germans launched Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. In doing so, the Germans...
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    including one of her Arado 196 floatplanes, which was recovered during an operation to pump out leaking fuel oil from the ship in 1994. The Admiral Hipper...
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    of vessels before returning to Germany. She then participated in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway. Damaged at the Battle of Drøbak Sound, she...
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    entire German surface fleet during the initial landing phase of Operation Weserübung, the invasions of Denmark and Norway. In the aftermath of the campaign...
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    The German invasion of Denmark (German: Operation Weserübung – Süd), was the German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940, during the Second World War. The...
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    As Germany assembled forces for the invasion of Norway, codenamed Operation Weserübung, Emden was allocated to Group 5, which was tasked with seizing Oslo...
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    laid defensive minefields in the North Sea and then participated in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. While attacking Bergen, she...
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  • Sweden, during and following Operation Weserübung. For articles about the operation itself, see also Operation Weserübung and Norwegian Campaign. On 9...
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  • battalion fought during the invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung) and afterwards during Operation Silver Fox, the German-Finnish offensive to capture...
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  • view that Weserübung was far too risky an operation and excluded the army from the planning of the operation. Halder believed that Weserübung would fail...
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  • Hartmut (literally "Operation Order Hartmut") was the code word to begin German submarine operations during Operation Weserübung - Nazi Germany's invasion...
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    the Soviet Union in 1940. Admiral Hipper and Blücher took part in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. Blücher was sunk by Norwegian...
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    In April 1940 the OKM planned Operationsbefehl Hartmut to support Operation Weserübung, the invasions of Denmark and Norway. The purpose was to provide...
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    OPROP! (category Information operations and warfare)
    Denmark on 9 April 1940. The leaflets were signed by the head of Operation Weserübung Süd, General Leonhard Kaupisch. The text, written in broken but understandable...
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  • of Operation Weserübung Operation Bremen 1940 - German attack in Norway; part of Operation Weserübung Operation Büffel 1940 - German air operation to...
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  • Zulu to escort the battlecruisers Renown and Repulse in an unsuccessful operation to seek and destroy the German battleship Scharnhorst. It was believed...
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    the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Operation Weserübung (the German invasion of 9 April) and the end of the Allied campaign...
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  • suggesting the air staff had a strong influence on the invasion plans. Operation Weserübung began on 9 April 1940. Denmark was in German hands within the day...
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    Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10...
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    had been fired by the ships. Destroyer operations in the North Sea were suspended until Operation Weserübung (9 April – 10 June 1940) when another ten...
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    date of Operation Weserübung, the German attack on Norway. Hitler was correct about Allied intentions. The Allied plan had two parts, Operation Wilfred...
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    Norway; after Operation Weserübung, the Kriegsmarine had only one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, and four destroyers available for operations. Raeder was...
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    encountered German destroyers transporting troops to invade Norway in Operation Weserübung. The German destroyers attempted to disengage while calling for help...
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