Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain.

The 174-metre vessel, part of the German force that invaded Norway in April 1940, was struck by a British submarine torpedo shortly after starting its return voyage from the southern Norwegian ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The German ambassador in Norway proclaimed that resistance ... Recorded on 9 April 1940. BBC Archive WW2 Propaganda broadcast: 1940: Invasion of Denmark and Norway. Video, 00:01:30WW2 Propaganda ...

More than four years into World War II – Germany's invasion of Poland in September ... Hitler the Allies would attempt to land in Norway and Pas-de-Calais in France where the English Channel ...

In April 1940, the Norwegian government manage to smuggle 49 tonnes of gold out of the country amid a German invasion. On April 9, 1940, German troops attack Norway in an effort to continue ...

Lord Haw-Haw reports on Germany's invasion and occupation of Denmark and Norway. The German ambassador in Norway proclaimed that resistance would be senseless. This propaganda was broadcast by Haw ...

It would be more than four years into World War II – Germany's invasion of Poland in September ... Hitler the Allies would attempt to land in Norway and Pas-de-Calais in France, according ...

In 1898, U.S. Marines invaded Cuba in the Spanish ... Ohio. In 1940, Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain.