Operation Weser Exercise

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military operation
alsoKnownAs Operation Weserübung
Unternehmen Weserübung
belligerent Nazi Germany
conflict Norwegian Campaign
country Nazi Germany
followedBy German occupation of Denmark
prolonged German occupation of Norway
hasPart German invasion of Denmark
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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
World War II
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