German Soldiers in Akershus Fortress Norway

Quay below Akershus fortress. Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city. The fortress has never successfully been besieged by a foreign enemy. However it surrendered without combat to Nazi Germany in 1940 when the Norwegian government evacuated the capital in the face of the unprovoked German assault on Denmark and Norway.

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https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/?q=wehrmacht&mode=gallery&view=horizontal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akershus_Fortress
https://www.klikk.no/produkthjemmesider/vimenn/tatt-pa-senga-da-tyskerne-angrep-norge-2859155
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/23/henry-morgenthau-roosevelt-government-europes-jews-00058206

Fallschirmjäger Training in Norway

At Banak airfield in Norway, a Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) non-commissioned officer shortly before a joint demonstration with 8./LLG 1 (Lulftlandegeschwader 1). The picture was taken autumn 1943 by Wolfgang Stocker from Kriegsberichterzug XII. Fliegerkorps

Generalmajor Joseph "Beppo" Schmid (facing the camera in the middle, Kommandierender General XII. Fliegerkorps)

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https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?auteur=1509513

Reinhard Heydrich in Norway

Reinhard Heydrich at Ekeberg cemetery for German soldiers in Oslo during his visit to Norway 3-6 September 1941.. Heydrich (1904 – 1942) was a SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei (Senior Group Leader and General of Police) as well as chief of the Reich Main Security Office RSHA (including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD). Heydrich walking in front with SS-Brigadeführer Heinrich Müller (head of the Gestapo) to his right and SS-Oberführer Heinrich Fehlis (leader of SD and Sipo in Norway) to his left. Also SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Kluckhohn, SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Schellenberg, Rudolf Schiedermair, and other SS police officers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fo30141711030060-2_Bekransning_p%C3%A5_%C3%A6reskirkeg%C3%A5rden_p%C3%A5_Ekeberg_september_1941_Heydrich.jpg

Oberst Albin Nake as Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136

 

Oberst Abin Nake (right, Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136 / 2.Gebirgs-Division) in Norway 1940. He would receive the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 29 November 1942 as Generalmajor and Führer 97.Jäger-Division. His last rank is Generalleutnant.

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/313573082943?hash=item490269873f:g:H1oAAOSwofxgzzuB

German Soldier with His Dog at an Airfield in Norway

A German soldier cradles his pet dog as other troops carry supplies from aircraft at an airfield in Norway during Operation Weserübung, the German assault and invasion on Denmark and Norway and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the early morning of 9 April 1940 (Wesertag; “Weser Day”), Germany invaded both Denmark and Norway, ostensibly as a preventive maneuver against a planned, and openly discussed, Franco-British occupation of Norway with Norwegian consent. In April, the U.K. and France came to Norway’s aid with an expeditionary force. Despite moderate success in the northern parts of Norway, Germany’s invasion of France in May eventually compelled the Allies to withdraw and the Norwegian government to seek exile in London. The campaign ended with the occupation of Norway by Germany and the continued fighting of exiled Norwegian forces from abroad and Norwegian partisans on the home front. Norway. 10 April 1940.

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http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/130838024915/a-german-soldier-cradles-his-pet-dog-as-other

Fallschirmjäger at the Fornebu Aerodrome

German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 (FJG 1) rest and regroup at the Fornebu aerodrome after capturing the surrounding area during Operation Weserübung; the German invasion of Norway. On 9 April 1940, both Denmark and Norway were simultaneously invaded by German troops. Controlling Norway was important to Germany for three primary reasons: securing the western coast as part of the defensive Atlantic Wall, as a base for naval units, including U-boats to target Allied shipping in the North Atlantic, and to secure shipments of iron-ore from Sweden through the port of Narvik. Fornebu, Bærum, Norway. April 1940. Image taken by Willi Ruge.

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http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/143396722415/german-luftwaffe-fallschirmj%C3%A4ger-paratroopers