The military history of Norway commences before the Viking Age with the internal wars fought between regional kings to obtain the supreme kingship of the...
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as part of Denmark–Norway, followed by two centuries of regular wars. A Norwegian military was established in 1814, but the military did not see combat...
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The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat...
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Military history of Denmark Military history of Norway Possessions of Norway Union between Sweden and Norway Dano-Norwegian language Possessions of Denmark–Norway...
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Commissariat of Norway), which acted in collaboration with the pro-German puppet government. This period of military occupation is, in Norway, referred to...
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The military history of Finland consists of hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Finland. Finland was first settled...
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List of military aircraft of Norway consists of the aircraft of Royal Norwegian Air Force, established in 1944 with the amalgamation of the Royal Norwegian...
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The Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Bokmål: Tungtvannsaksjonen; Nynorsk: Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt German heavy water...
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Operation Weserübung (redirect from 9 april 1940 invasion of Denmark, Norway)
response to a German invasion of Norwegian territory. After the rapid occupation of Denmark, in which the Danish military was ordered to stand down as...
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Jewish military history focuses on the military aspect of history of the Jewish people from ancient times until the modern age. While complete details...
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defence. Following the defeat of the Norwegian forces, the King, key members of the government and military left Norway in June 1940 aboard HMS Devonshire...
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Scandinavian defence union (category Military history of Norway)
was a historical idea to establish a military alliance between Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark after the end of World War II, but the idea did not come...
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Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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The Norwegian Military Academy (Krigsskolen), in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army and serves as the King's Royal Guard. The academy was established...
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The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power. In 1918 the new...
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Kingdom of Norway as a unified realm dates to the reign of King Harald I Fairhair in the 9th century. His efforts in unifying the petty kingdoms of Norway resulted...
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The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige...
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The Norwegian military have been deployed in countries other than Norway many times, most of them during and after World War II. After 1947, Norway has...
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The Military timeline of Denmark is centered around an involvement in wars in Northern Europe since 793 and, recently, elsewhere. In the early Middle Ages...
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recorded military history. The Norwegians put up a stiffer resistance to the invading German forces. Nonetheless, by May the southern half of Norway was under...
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during the reign of Charles X, Sweden was set on expansion. Through military action, Sweden rapidly became the strongest military power in the north...
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Norwegian Campaign. The battle is featured in the 2016 Norwegian film The King's Choice. List of Norwegian military equipment of World War II List of...
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R. M. (ed.). The Campaign in Norway. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series (Naval & Military Press ed.). London: HMSO. ISBN 1-845740-57-2...
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Fortification Upgrades (category Military history of Norway)
Upgrades (1673–1675) was a re-organization of military forces and strengthening of the defenses of Norway. The Norwegian army in this period became much better...
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Norway (NON) was a NATO command tasked with the defense of Northern Norway. NON's area of responsibility covered the three northernmost counties of Norway:...
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Harald V (redirect from Ancestry of Harald V of Norway)
States. He returned to Norway in 1945, and subsequently studied for periods at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Military Academy, and Balliol College...
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Military history of Niger Military history of Nigeria Military history of Northern Cyprus Military history of North Korea Military history of Norway Back...
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The Directives for military officers and military commanders in the event of an armed attack on Norway (Direktiver for militære befalingsmenn og militære...
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the settlement of Iceland, in the 870s, until it became part of the realm of the Norwegian King, military defences of Iceland consisted of multiple chieftains...
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