Nazi Germany Invasion of Norway 2-3

In the far north, Norwegian, French and Polish troops, supported by the Royal Navy and the RAF, fought against the Germans over the control of the Norwegian harbour Narvik, important for the year-round export of Swedish iron ore (The Swedish harbour of Luleå is blocked by ice in the winter months). The Germans were driven out of Narvik on 28 May, but due to the deteriorating situation on the European continent, the allied troops were withdrawn in Operation Alphabet and the Germans recaptured Narvik on 9 June, by then deserted also by the civilians due to massive Luftwaffe bombing. German airborne troops landed at Oslo airport Fornebu, Kristiansand airport Kjevik, and Sola Air Station the latter constituting the first opposed paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) attack in history;[5] coincidentally, among the Luftwaffe pilots landing at Kjevik was Reinhard Heydrich. Quisling's radio-effected coup d'etat another first. Partly thanks to the sinking of the Blücher in the Oslo Fjord narrows,...
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