Joint Operations Case Study. Weseruebung Nord: Germany's Invasion of Norway, 1940

• Main Author: Lindermann, Timothy F.
• Other Authors: AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); *JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES; *NORWAY; *MILITARY PLANNING; *GERMANY(EAST AND WEST); MILITARY HISTORY; MILITARY STRATEGY; SECOND WORLD WAR; Narvik; Norway
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA394160; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA394160

In the history of modern warfare, Weseruebung Nord, the German invasion of Norway in 1940, occupies a distinguished station as the first campaign "jointly" planned and executed by ground, sea, and air forces. This paper examines the origins, concept, and planning of Weseruebung Nord, as we...