Invasion of Norway
-April 8 and 9 1940 a invasion is made into Denmark and Norway.
-Hitler wanted two things out of this: -Stop the threat of England helping Norway and stopping the steel production out of Finland. -Good position for U boat launch site. -Norwegian shipping goes to the British |
Invading Norway gave Hitler two advantages in fighting the war.
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Low Countries
May 10, 1940 an attack on low countries(Neutral) by Hitler.
British Expeditionary Force (BEF) attempted to protect Belgium but arrive too late. |
The invasion of the low countries did not take long except for Belgium.
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