Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included...
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Milorg is the fourth album by the Norwegian black metal band Vreid. The name leads from the Norwegian resistance group Milorg in World War II. The songs...
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album about war. In 2009, after releasing their fourth full-length album Milorg, Ese left the band and was replaced by Stian "Strom" Bakketeig, the former...
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farmer and resistance fighter during World War II. When the leadership of Milorg was torn up by the Gestapo in 1942, he acquired a leading role in the organisation...
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to subvert the Nazi authorities and contribute to the larger war effort. Milorg started out as a small sabotage unit and ended up building a full military...
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Nynorsk kyrkje. During World War II, Milorg used this hill as a site for parachute drops. On 4 October 1942, Milorg's District 13 received its first paradrop...
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Austrian Maier-Messner Group, the French Resistance, the Witte Brigade, Milorg and the Polish Home Army worked against Nazi Germany and provided the Allied...
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leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. He served as Minister of Defence from 1945-1952...
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artillery. The Norwegian resistance movement groups in Bergen were Saborg, Milorg, "Theta-gruppen", Sivorg, Stein-organisasjonen and the Communist Party....
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Eastern front. Over time, an organized armed resistance movement, known as Milorg and numbering some 40,000 armed men at the end of the war, was formed under...
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in Europe, Fehlis and other SS officials attempted to escape capture by Milorg. He arranged for Gestapo members to be hidden among ordinary soldiers in...
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underground military organization Milorg. His "shadow" Jens Christian Hauge later eventually became the leader of Milorg. In 1942 he just managed to avoid...
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resistance policy was in opposition to the Communist Party of Norway (NKP), Milorg, and other organizations that preferred a more passive resistance. The group...
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Oslogjengen carried out several sabotage missions. In cooperation with Milorg, the main Norwegian resistance organisation, communication lines with London...
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movement Milorg with the assassinations of Norwegian Nazis and informers by training selected Milorg personnel for the task. If asked by Milorg they would...
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16 September 1915 – 4 April 1993) was a Norwegian oberst and officer in Milorg during the German occupation of Norway. He is best known for assuming command...
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1897 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian military officer, geodesist and Milorg pioneer. Schive was born in Kristiania, a son of headmaster Jens Christopher...
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Members of the Norwegian resistance movement Milorg, engaged in supply raids, espionage as well as the sabotage of German heavy water production during...
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Sten guns from scratch, mainly to equip members of the underground army Milorg. In his autobiography, Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus frequently...
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shipping in German occupied Norway. Norwegian resistance movements such as Milorg were working together with the British SOE against the Nazi occupation....
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Nødlanding Arne Skouen American bomber crew shot down in Norway and aided by Milorg (Norwegian Resistance) 1952 United States 5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz...
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Jørgensen (10 July 1921 – 8 June 2014) was a Norwegian resistance member and Milorg leader from World War II. She was born in Vang, Hedmark, a daughter of Frithjof...
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a brother of Sven Arntzen. He was a member of the Central Committee of Milorg, where he served as General Inspector ("Stor I") from April 1944 to May...
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Finn Nagell OBE (6 August 1899 – 1977) was a Norwegian military officer, Milorg pioneer, economist and businessperson. He was born in Kristiania to Vilhelm...
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organization Milorg, although the organization's main goal was to retain intact guerilla forces to aid an Allied invasion of Norway. In addition to Milorg, many...
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was eventually shot and killed in Ålesund on 11 December 1944, by local Milorg members. He was married to Kitty Grande, another member of Sonderabteilung...
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collaborationist Quisling regime in Norway surrender to the Resistance (Milorg) and police at Møllergata 19 in Oslo, as part of the legal purge in Norway...
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Brigade in Scotland and the Norwegian police troops in Sweden as well as on Milorg. The participation in the allied occupation of Germany with the Independent...
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German fortifications and forces. XU was initially organised as part of the Milorg, but as the Norwegian resistance movement grew, it became essential to compartmentalise...
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position until the end of the war. Fehmer was considered a key opponent by Milorg (the military branch of the Norwegian resistance) even before he was promoted...
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