The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes
We can all agree that World War II, beyond its military, political or economic coordinates, countless tragedies, convulsions propagated around the world, tensions and dramas often felt to our day, was for all of us a lesson of geography. From this perspective, the invasion of Poland in September 193...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b23194e414b444b9ac460e6e3eabbf84 2023-05-15T17:14:09+02:00 The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/b23194e414b444b9ac460e6e3eabbf84 EN eng The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5711/files/2020/07/07.-Schipor.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2067-1725 https://doaj.org/toc/2067-225X 2067-1725 2067-225X https://doaj.org/article/b23194e414b444b9ac460e6e3eabbf84 Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 91-107 (2018) world war ii german invasion norway scandinavian states romania allies Finnic. Baltic-Finnic PH91-98.5 Social Sciences H article 2018 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T01:37:02Z We can all agree that World War II, beyond its military, political or economic coordinates, countless tragedies, convulsions propagated around the world, tensions and dramas often felt to our day, was for all of us a lesson of geography. From this perspective, the invasion of Poland in September 1939 by the German and Soviet troops was a first lesson, continued on another level by the Soviet-Finnish Winter War. The invasion of Norway (and Denmark) by the Germans in April 1940, followed by the allied reaction and the transformation of the Scandinavian states into a theatre of military operations, was monitored with distinct interest in Romania, at political, diplomatic and military level, but also at the level of general perception of a society that was both worried and avid, in the context of the European (for the time being) war, of information on the evolution of the conflict and not only. Names such as Oslo, Narvik, Trondheim, Åndalsnes, Namsos, Bergen, Lillehammer, Stavanger or Tromsø become familiar to the Romanian public. We find, especially in the Romanian media of the time, a luxurious abundance of accounts, commentaries, editorials, telegrams or interviews related to the conduct of military operations in northern Europe, beyond the censorship and restrictions imposed by the conditions of the war. From this perspective, we find it difficult to attempt even to pursue the conflict in Norway in April-May 1940 only in the light of articles in the Romanian press. Central newspapers, in the first place, abound with telegrams that alternately feature views, news, and information from both camps. Inevitably there were various denials, rumors, or what we call today “fake news”, often taken over by the sensational rush, even by big press agencies of the time, without mentioning newspapers in European capitals including Bucharest. For this reason, our objective is to identify and analyze some of the Romanian echoes generated by the invasion of Norway, both in the Romanian media, but also at a diplomatic or military ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Narvik Narvik Tromsø Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Åndalsnes ENVELOPE(7.687,7.687,62.567,62.567) Bergen Narvik ENVELOPE(17.427,17.427,68.438,68.438) Norway Tromsø |
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We can all agree that World War II, beyond its military, political or economic coordinates, countless tragedies, convulsions propagated around the world, tensions and dramas often felt to our day, was for all of us a lesson of geography. From this perspective, the invasion of Poland in September 1939 by the German and Soviet troops was a first lesson, continued on another level by the Soviet-Finnish Winter War. The invasion of Norway (and Denmark) by the Germans in April 1940, followed by the allied reaction and the transformation of the Scandinavian states into a theatre of military operations, was monitored with distinct interest in Romania, at political, diplomatic and military level, but also at the level of general perception of a society that was both worried and avid, in the context of the European (for the time being) war, of information on the evolution of the conflict and not only. Names such as Oslo, Narvik, Trondheim, Åndalsnes, Namsos, Bergen, Lillehammer, Stavanger or Tromsø become familiar to the Romanian public. We find, especially in the Romanian media of the time, a luxurious abundance of accounts, commentaries, editorials, telegrams or interviews related to the conduct of military operations in northern Europe, beyond the censorship and restrictions imposed by the conditions of the war. From this perspective, we find it difficult to attempt even to pursue the conflict in Norway in April-May 1940 only in the light of articles in the Romanian press. Central newspapers, in the first place, abound with telegrams that alternately feature views, news, and information from both camps. Inevitably there were various denials, rumors, or what we call today “fake news”, often taken over by the sensational rush, even by big press agencies of the time, without mentioning newspapers in European capitals including Bucharest. For this reason, our objective is to identify and analyze some of the Romanian echoes generated by the invasion of Norway, both in the Romanian media, but also at a diplomatic or military ... |
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The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes |
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The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes |
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The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes |
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The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes |
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The German Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940: Romanian Echoes |
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german invasion of norway, april-june 1940: romanian echoes |
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The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies |
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2018 |
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Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 91-107 (2018) |
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