OPERATION WESERÜBUNG NORD: GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY, 1940
OPERATION WESERÜBUNG NORD: GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY, 1940

Summary/Abstract: Weserübung Nord is the codename of the Campaign in Norway, Germans’ second operation after Poland in the Second World War. Characteristic of the campaign is Germans conducted a high risk combined air-sea-land, an overseas operation despite the superiority of the Royal Navy, and they succeeded. Campaign was started seaborne and airborne operations on the key points in Norway, and was continued coastal defense and ground offensive. Allies tried to retrieve the key points; however, they were overwhelmed by the German operation plan. While the campain was going on, the German general offensive on France and the Benelux hampered the Allied efforts in Norway. In this article, first chain of events is explained, after that it is analyzed and emphasized the significance of the Operation Weserübung Nord.

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