Operation Weserübung

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World War II campaign military operation

Operation Weserübung was Nazi Germany’s 1940 military campaign to invade and occupy Denmark and Norway during World War II.

Aliases (15)

Norwegian Campaign ×17
Norwegian campaign ×14
German invasion of Norway ×8
German invasion of Denmark ×4
German invasion of Denmark and Norway ×2
German campaign in Scandinavia ×1
German invasion of Norway 1940 naval operations ×1
German invasion of Norway in 1940 ×1
German invasion of Norway on 1940-04-09 ×1
German occupation of Narvik ×1
Norwegian Campaign 1940 ×1
Operation Weserübung Nord ×1
Operation Weserübung Süd ×1
Unternehmen Weserübung ×1
Weserübung ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → military operation →
belligerent	Denmark → Nazi Germany → Norway →
characteristic	airborne landings → amphibious assault → combined arms operation →
codeName	Weserübung →
commander	Eduard Dietl → Erich Raeder → Nikolaus von Falkenhorst → Wilhelm Keitel →
country	Nazi Germany →
effect	Allied withdrawal from Norway → accession of Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister → resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain →
endTime	1940-06-10 →
followedBy	Battle of France →
hasPart	Operation Weserübung Nord → Operation Weserübung Süd →
involves	Heer → Kriegsmarine → Luftwaffe →
location	Denmark → North Sea → Norway → Norwegian Sea →
namedAfter	River Weser →
notableBattle	Battle of Dombås → Battle of Drøbak Sound → Battle of Midtskogen → Battle of Narvik → Battle of Vinjesvingen →
objective	establishing German control over Norwegian ports → invasion of Denmark → invasion of Norway → securing iron ore shipments from Sweden via Narvik →
opponent	Danish Armed Forces → France → Norwegian Armed Forces → Polish Armed Forces in the West → United Kingdom →
partOf	World War II →
plannedBy	Adolf Hitler → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
precededBy	Phoney War →
result	German occupation of Denmark → German occupation of Norway → German victory →
startTime	1940-04-09 →

Referenced by (69)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Midtskogen ("German invasion of Norway") → Bernard Warburton-Lee ("Norwegian campaign") → Carl Gustav Fleischer ("Norwegian Campaign") → Kriegsmarine ("Norwegian Campaign") → Kriegsmarine → Norwegian 6th Division ("Norwegian campaign") → Norwegian 6th Division ("German invasion of Norway") → Operation Weser Exercise ("Norwegian Campaign") → RAF Coastal Command ("Norwegian Campaign") →	conflict
Battle of Dombås ("Norwegian Campaign") → Battle of Drøbak Sound ("German invasion of Norway") → Battle of Drøbak Sound ("Norwegian Campaign") → Battle of Midtskogen ("Norwegian campaign") → Battle of Narvik ("Norwegian campaign") → Battle of Vinjesvingen ("Norwegian campaign") → Battle of Vinjesvingen → Battle of Vinjesvingen ("German invasion of Norway") → Operation Wilfred ("Norwegian campaign") →	partOf
German occupation of Denmark ("German invasion of Denmark") → Operation Weser Exercise ("German invasion of Denmark") → Operation Weser Exercise ("German invasion of Norway") → Operation Weserübung ("Operation Weserübung Nord") → Operation Weserübung ("Operation Weserübung Süd") → World War II →	hasPart
Altmark Incident ("Norwegian campaign") → Battle of Narvik ("German occupation of Narvik") → Invasion of Poland ("German invasion of Denmark and Norway") → Operation Wilfred ("German invasion of Norway on 1940-04-09") → September Campaign ("German invasion of Denmark and Norway") →	followedBy
Friedrich Bonte ("Norwegian Campaign") → HMS Arethusa ("Norwegian campaign") → HMS Intrepid ("Norwegian Campaign") → HMS Ivanhoe ("Norwegian Campaign") → Norwegian Army ("Norwegian Campaign") →	participatedIn
Claude Auchinleck ("Norwegian campaign") → Eduard Dietl ("Norwegian Campaign") → Erich Raeder ("Norwegian Campaign") → Erich Raeder →	participantIn
Arctic theatre of World War II ("German invasion of Norway") → Arctic theatre of World War II → Erich Dietl ("German invasion of Norway") →	notableOperation
Battle of Midtskogen ("German invasion of Norway in 1940") → Operation Wilfred → Operation Wilfred ("Norwegian campaign") →	relatedTo
Operation Weser Exercise ("Unternehmen Weserübung") → Operation Weser Exercise →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Dombås ("Norwegian Campaign") → Polish Independent Highland Brigade ("Norwegian campaign") →	campaign
Danish resistance movement ("German invasion of Denmark") → Danish resistance movement →	formedAfter
German occupation of Denmark ("German invasion of Denmark") → German occupation of Norway →	hasCause
HMS Cossack ("Norwegian Campaign") → HMS Kimberley ("Norwegian campaign") →	theatre
German battleship Scharnhorst → German battleship Scharnhorst ("Norwegian Campaign") →	tookPartIn
Operation Weserübung ("Weserübung") →	codeName
HMS Cossack ("Norwegian Campaign 1940") →	engagement
Oslofjord ("German invasion of Norway 1940 naval operations") →	hasHistoricalEvent
Chamberlain government ("Norwegian campaign") →	involvedInEvent
Battle of Midtskogen ("German campaign in Scandinavia") →	militaryCampaign
HMS Sikh ("Norwegian Campaign") →	notableEngagement
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst →	notableEvent
Gebirgsjäger division ("Norwegian campaign") →	notableTheater
Battle of Narvik →	operation
German battleship Gneisenau →	operationParticipated
Battle of Dombås ("German invasion of Norway") →	precededBy
German occupation of Denmark →	startEvent
Heinkel He 111 ("Norwegian Campaign") →	usedInOperation