DAPAM 20-271 1959 : German northern theater of operations, 1940-1945.

This volume describes two campaigns that the Germans conducted in their northern theater of operations. The first they launched, on 9 April 1940, against Denmark and Norway. The second they conducted out of Finland in partnership with the Finns against the Soviet Union. The document is divided into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ziemke, Earl F.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Department of the Army, Headquarters 1959
Subjects:
World War
1939-1945
World War Two
WWII
Campaigns
Military
German Armed Forces
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Military operations
Military planning
Northern Norway
Online Access:http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/2729
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Summary:This volume describes two campaigns that the Germans conducted in their northern theater of operations. The first they launched, on 9 April 1940, against Denmark and Norway. The second they conducted out of Finland in partnership with the Finns against the Soviet Union. The document is divided into two sections. Part I describes the campaigns in Norway and Denmark (background of German operations, landings, plans, operations in southern/central/northern Norway, and the campaign in Norway). Part II details operations in Finland (plans and preparations, Operation Silberfuchs, Finland’s War, the northern theater in 1942, etc.).

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