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Osprey - CAM 183 - Denmark and Norway 1940

Hitler's boldest operation

Campaign 183 

Author: Doug Dildy 
Illustrator: John White
 
About this book
On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark, and then Norway, in an attempt to guarantee security of Scandinavia's vital mineral resources for their war industry. This assault, Operation Weserübung, represented the first joint air-land-and-sea campaign in the history of warfare, and was the only such campaign planned by the Wehrmacht high command, including all three services of the Wehrmacht. This book describes the events of this tumultuous campaign that not only led to Winston Churchill's appointment as British Prime Minister, but also saw the crippling of the German Kriegsmarine as a fighting force. 
Contents

Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing plans
Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Orders of battle
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefield today
Further reading
Index
Paperback; April 2007; 96 pages

This book describes the events of this tumultuous campaign that not only led to Winston Churchill's appointment as British Prime Minister, but also saw the crippling of the German Kriegsmarine as a fighting force, as it was reduced to a fleet of submarines and a handful of heavy warships used as commerce raiders.

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