{"id":95064,"date":"2025-08-17T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=95064"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:29:43","slug":"battle-of-norway-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/17\/battle-of-norway-1940\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Norway, 1940"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_7OpM0KhzE?si=snmU38e8vDIlEali\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 7 Mar 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Battle of Norway in Spring 1940 cemented the reputation of the daring and invincible German war machine under Adolf Hitler. But while Denmark and Norway were successfully occupied by Germany, the campaign came at a heavy cost. This was especially true for the German <em>Kriegsmarine<\/em> which lost a significant amount of warships including the <em>Bl\u00fccher<\/em> &mdash; losses that essentially crippled them for the remainder of the war.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get Nebula with 40% discount with my link: https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<br \/>\nWatch 16 Days in Berlin: https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/16-days-in-b&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nRose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nHaarr, Geirr H., <em>The German Invasion of Norway: April 1940<\/em>, (Barnsley: Pen &#038; Sword Books, 2011)<br \/>\nHolland, James, <em>The War in the West<\/em>, (New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015)<br \/>\nMawdsley, Evan, <em>The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II<\/em>, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020)<br \/>\nPetrow, Richard, <em>The Bitter Years: The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940 \u2013 May 1945<\/em>, (New York, NY: Morrow, 1974)<br \/>\nSymonds, Craig L., <em>World War II at Sea: A Global History<\/em>, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)<br \/>\nVan der Vat, Dan, <em>The Atlantic Campaign: World War II&#8217;s Great Struggle at Sea<\/em>, (New York, NY: Harper &#038; Row, 1988)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image.<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 7 Mar 2025 The Battle of Norway in Spring 1940 cemented the reputation of the daring and invincible German war machine under Adolf Hitler. But while Denmark and Norway were successfully occupied by Germany, the campaign came at a heavy cost. 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