Why Did Germany Invade Norway

During World War II, Adolf Hitler has the desire to invade territories in Europe. One of the country that fought with Germany during the invasion was Norway. The war took place during the 1940. The Nazi operate the Weserübung plan, which plan to attack Norway and Denmark. The desire was triggered by the natural resources that Norway has, especially iron ore. Moreover, Norway’s geography make sailing in the North Atlantic uncomplicated. To achieve their goal, the Nazi attack the Norwegian army by using their powerful groups of destroyers. There are significant government policy, military strategy and overextensions to the engagement that occur in the Norwegian campaign.

Germany invades Norway because several significant goals that would benefit them during warfare. Firstly, Germany had the desire to control the north Atlantic. Controlling the North sea would benefit to easing the passage of German warships and submarines to the sea. This would benefit the German navy power when attacking the Allies, especially Britain. Secondly, it would aid Germany’s ability to import iron ore from mines in Sweden. Nine million tons of iron ore was imported from Sweden from the port of Lulea to Germany (Historyofwar, 2007). However, the port freezes during the winter periods. Anyhow, the Narvik port of Norway doesn’t freeze. The control of Narvik, would have a significant benefit to Germany in easing iron
German forces were able to pass through the mines, where Britain laid around Norwegian ports, because the locals allow Germany to land on their ports. The order came from Quisling, who was the head of the puppet government. The period that the German begun their invasion, 80 percent of the merchant and soldiers fleet to support the allies in wars (Historyofwar, 2007). German army was more powerful than the the Norwegian army to win. Build on with the occupying military bases and spreading false rumor from Quisling, Norway fell to the