Operation Weser Exercise

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World War II campaign military operation

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

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Weser Exercise canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Weserübung ⓘ Operation Weserübung ⓘ surface form: Unternehmen Weserübung
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
conflict	Operation Weserübung ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Campaign
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
followedBy	German occupation of Denmark ⓘ prolonged German occupation of Norway ⓘ
hasPart	Operation Weserübung ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Denmark Operation Weserübung ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Norway
impact	secured German access to Atlantic via Norwegian coast ⓘ triggered Allied intervention in Norway ⓘ
location	Denmark ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Norway ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ
natureOfAttack	surprise attack ⓘ
objective	denying the Royal Navy bases in Norway ⓘ establishing German control over Norwegian ports ⓘ occupation of Denmark ⓘ occupation of Norway ⓘ securing iron ore shipments from Sweden via Narvik ⓘ
opponent	Denmark ⓘ Norway ⓘ
opposedBy	Danish Armed Forces ⓘ France ⓘ Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
participant	Kriegsmarine ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Altmark Incident ⓘ
result	German occupation of Denmark ⓘ German occupation of Norway ⓘ German victory ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Drøbak Sound ⓘ Battle of Narvik ⓘ rapid Danish capitulation ⓘ sinking of German cruiser Blücher ⓘ
startTime	1940-04-09 ⓘ
strategy	airborne assault ⓘ amphibious assault ⓘ combined arms operation ⓘ
temporalLocation	World War II ⓘ

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