Search results
On 9 April 1940, Germany occupied Denmark in Operation Weserübung. The Danish government and king functioned in a relatively normal manner until 29 August 1943, when Germany placed Denmark under direct military occupation, which lasted until the Allied victory on 5 May 1945.
In many ways, Denmark's liberation was as strange as the occupation on 9 April 1940 had been. At that time, Denmark was surprised by the German soldiers, and the fighting ended in a few hours. The liberation also came without any major blows on Danish soil.
Sep 17, 2017 · Since then, street fighting, riots, sabotage, barricades, political killings and strikes typified the Danish resistance. The next major uprising occurred in 1944, this time with the epicentre in Copenhagen, and the liberation on 4 May 1945 likewise caused major demonstrations and strikes. Download chapter PDF.
- Flemming Mikkelsen
- FM@soc.ku.dk
- 2018
From April 9 th 1940 to May 4 th 1945. The occupation of Denmark lasted five long years. Many peoples’ lives were affected and the Danish people had to choose if they wanted to cooperate with the German Nazis, join the resistance movement or just continue as if nothing had happened.
The final part of the world war era in Danish history was defined by the German occupation during the Second World War. These ‘five evil years’, which is how the occupation period from 9 April 1940 to 4 May 1945 is often described, had an enormous impact on post-war national and democratic identity.
May 4, 2015 · The German Occupation of Denmark, 1940-1945. May 5, 2015 marks the 70thanniversary of the liberation of Denmark from Nazi Germany, so the latest installment of American Chimera’s e-archeology project of digging up my old Manion’s International Auction House listings and Trendline articles features a special piece published in 2000.
The German invasion of Denmark led to a swift victory in the spring of 1940. This article appears in: February 2020. By John W. Osborn, Jr. On the night of April 8, 1940, almost four million people went to bed at peace in the midst of a world war.
