1. Norway during the second world war
Vår, Johanne and Magnus

2. Table of Content Norway before the occupation 9th of April
Norway during the occupation
Scorched Earth Tactic in Finnmark
Norway at the end of the war

3. Norway before the occupation
1939 – Neutral
Both Germany and Britain wanted Norway
Coastline
Iron ore
Strategic geographic position in future battles
Planned since December 1939
Quisling met Hitler
Beginning of April - Race to get Norway

4. The war came to Norway The 3rd April In the night 9th of April
The Norwegian government asked Great Britain for help.
The 3. of April German battleships traveled from Germany to Denmark and Norway. The attack on Norway was a surprise attack. They attacked several towns, all the coastal towns and the airports Fornebu and Sola attacked on the night from 8th to 9th of April.
In the night 9th of April the government met to discuss the situation. But the Norwegian king and the government refused to surrender. But two months after the attack the Germans had conquered all of Norway.
The Norwegian government asked Great Britain for help. And both Great Britain and France sent help to Norway, to withstand the Germans. The King of Norway and the government fled to London and kept on fighting form there. And the war kept on going in Norway until 1945.

5. 9th of April Surprise-attack without any war declaration
Denmark was a target aswell
Blücher was taken down outside Oscarsborg
Due to Germanys attack on France 10th of May the foreign troops had to pull out of Norway
Without this support we had to surrender
The royal family and the government went into exile in Britain

6. Scorched-earth tactic in Finnmark
Octobor 1944 to may 1945
Direct order from Hitler
Prevent the Sovjet Army from using the resources
Norwegian areas east of Lyngenlinjen was burned
people were evacuated

7. The end of the war in Norway
Norway got independent when Finland signed ceasefire with The Soviet Union in September  
Unity government created
Norway got independent when Finland signed ceasefire with The Soviet Union in September On 8th of May Germany capitulated and German forces was sent back to Germany. In August 1945, Norway with the exception of Finmark, was cleared of mines.
When the king came back from London, was a unity government created, and a political party in Norway called “Arbeiderpartiet” got absolute majority and formed the government, they were political conditions again normal.