Midtskogen, Norway

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Midtskogen, Norway is a small locality best known as the site of the World War II Battle of Midtskogen, where Norwegian forces resisted a German attempt to capture King Haakon VII and the government.

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Midtskogen, Norway canonical 1

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instanceOf locality
associatedWith Haakon VII of Norway
surface form: King Haakon VII of Norway

Royal Norwegian Government-in-exile
surface form: Norwegian government-in-exile
category World War II battle site in Norway
country Norway
eventDateAtLocation 10 April 1940
hasEvent Battle of Midtskogen
hasHeritageStatus site of national historical interest in Norway
hasStructure Midtskogen farm
historicalPeriod World War II
knownFor Battle of Midtskogen
language Norwegian
locatedIn Eastern Norway
Innlandet county
locatedNear Elverum
memorial Battle of Midtskogen memorial
nearbyWatercourse Glomma river region
partOf Norwegian resistance movement
surface form: Norwegian home front in World War II
regionType settlement
significance site of Norwegian resistance to German forces in April 1940
strategicRole defensive position on road between Elverum and Oslo
terrain forest surroundings
rural
transport road junction on route between Oslo and Elverum
usedBy German invasion forces (approach route)
Norwegian Army
surface form: Norwegian Army (1940)

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Battle of Midtskogen place Midtskogen, Norway