Stationery Office, 1957), Chapters V and VI.ĮARL F. Derry, T he Campaign in Norway (London: H. The British and Allied side of the Norwegian operation is Ziemke, The German Northern Theater of War,ġ940-1945, Department of the Army Pamphlet 20-271 (Washington,ġ959). A more extensive discussion of the German planning and operationsĪppears in Earl F. It brought Germany, theoretically at least, into a position to strike outward from the mainland of Europe toward Iceland, Greenland, and possibly the North American continent. It confronted the United States as well as Great Britain with a strategic threat. Although lacking the resources to capitalize on it, the Germans had made a move of potential value to them in the development of a global strategy. Įven though the occupation of Norway and Denmark had no significant effect on the outcome of the war, it established a milestone in the history of warfare by demonstrating the effective reach of modern military forces. Since the war the decision has been both praised and condemned here it is presented as an example of decision-making in a developing situation. Hitler's own attitude shifted during that time from lukewarmness verging on indifference to determination. He arrived at it over a period of six months during which the proposal was debated at length in the highest echelons of the German Armed Forces. The decision to embark on the venture was made by Adolf Hitler as Chief of State and also (since December 1938) as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the German Reich. The German invasion of Norway was a dramatically daring military operation. The German Decision To Invade Norway and Denmark
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