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    Otto Ruge (9 January 1882 – 15 August 1961) was a Norwegian general. Ruge was Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces after Nazi Germany's...
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  • Ruge (1928–2021), German journalist Gesine Ruge, German canoer Nina Ruge (born 1956), German journalist Otto Ruge (1882-1961), Norwegian general This disambiguation...
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    with the Germans, set for the following day. As a precaution Colonel Otto Ruge, Inspector General of the Norwegian Infantry, set up a roadblock about...
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    commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, contact Britain to request assistance against the invader. Foley had his own radio transmitter that allowed Ruge to communicate...
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  • Morgenstierne, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Erik Hivju as General Otto Ruge, Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces Marianne Høgsbro...
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    resignation was approved and General Otto Ruge, seven years younger than Laake, was appointed as commanding general. Ruge was optimistic that at least Trondheim...
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    the urgent request of the Norwegian commander in chief, Major General Otto Ruge, the first element of the force to disembark (the Territorial 148th Brigade...
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    Norway 1905–1957 Succeeded by Harald Military offices Preceded by Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen Chief of Defence of Norway 1944–1945 Succeeded by Otto Ruge...
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    actions while waiting for Allied reinforcements, a tactic on which General Otto Ruge relied during his defence of the vital Eastern Norway region. As commander...
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    went into exile in London. Nygaardsvold resigned shortly after the war. Otto Ruge was Chief of Defence of Norway from May to June 1940, leading the Norwegian...
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    Kaupisch Eduard Dietl Hans Geisler Alfred Saalwächter Kristian Laake Otto Ruge Carl Gustav Fleischer Rasmus Hatledal William Wain Prior William Boyle...
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    Cork Władysław Sikorski Henri Winkelman  Leopold III  Émile Speller  Otto Ruge  William Prior  1944–1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt # Harry S. Truman Dwight...
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    prince, the cabinet, Norway's gold and cash holdings, and finally general Otto Ruge with staff, escaped through Åndalsnes. Trygve Lie in his memoirs recalls...
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    Defence Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch 1 Ruge, OttoMajor General Otto Ruge (1882–1961) 18 May 1940 9 June 1940 22 days  Norwegian Army...
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    Netherlands, surrendered on 14 May 1940, liberated May 1945. General Otto Ruge (Norway) - Chief of Defence of Norway, arrested June 1940, liberated May...
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  • of the invasion was General Kristian Laake. He was replaced by Colonel Otto Ruge on 11 April. Each Regiment had 3,750 soldiers, with 60,000 being the total...
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    was unveiled during November 1949. The presiding officer was by General Otto Ruge, who had commanded the Norwegian Army at the time of the German invasion...
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  • Little Norway Henry Rinnan, Gestapo agent, leader of Sonderabteilung Lola Otto Ruge, Commander-in-Chief Ludwig Schübeler, priest Arvid Storsveen, resistance...
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  • Norway [citation needed] Grand Officer Claus Helberg [citation needed] Otto Ruge [citation needed] Commander Arne Dagfin Dahl [citation needed] Thorbjørn...
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    authorities, including King Haakon, Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen and Otto Ruge. She also drafted an appeal to Stalin, underlining Vidkun's efforts for...
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    minister of foreign affairs Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1872-1923), prime minister of Norway Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painter Otto Ruge (1882-1961), general, commander-in-chief...
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    War he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, and was later head of the...
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  • a radio transmitter that allowed Norway's commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge to maintain communication with London, independent of Norwegian landlines...
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  • Soviet Union after the Norwegian capitulation. Plans were made by General Otto Ruge to use the 1,600–1,700 men strong border guard to rebuild a Norwegian...
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  • The Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold is named after the German nuclear chemist and 1944 Nobel Laureate Otto Hahn, an honorary citizen of Berlin. The medal...
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  • Helset were given the task of performing military evaluation on behalf of Otto Ruge, who was then a prisoner-of-war. Their initiative is regarded as the startup...
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    Gerd Ruge (9 August 1928 – 15 October 2021) was a German journalist, author and filmmaker. As a journalist he was associated with public broadcasters Nordwestdeutscher...
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  • Lillehammer where it encountered the Norwegian Army, commanded by General Otto Ruge, and with which it joined forces. Soon afterwards, the brigade was attacked...
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    and in December the cabinet decided to establish FFI.) In December 1945 Otto Ruge resigned as general. In January 1946 Hauge fired then Chief of the Air...
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    Military offices Preceded by Otto Ruge Chief of Defence of Norway 1946 Succeeded by Halvor Hansson...
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