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12 aircraft destroyed. 14 aircraft damaged. The German invasion of Denmark ( German: Operation Weserübung – Süd ), was the German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940, during the Second World War. The attack was a prelude to the invasion of Norway ( German: Weserübung Nord, 9 April – 10 June 1940).
- 9 April 1940
- Denmark
- German victory
Operation Weserübung (German: Unternehmen Weserübung [ˈveːzɐˌʔyːbʊŋ], transl. Operation Weser Exercise, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.
- 9 April – 10 June 1940, (2 months and 1 day)
- German victory
Nov 5, 2009 · On April 9, 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy...
- Missy Sullivan
Beginning officially at 4:15 am, April 9, 1940, the invasion of Denmark had secretly started hours before under cover of darkness with Abwehr agents cutting communications while special forces seized bridges along the border, which the nervous Danish government in the days before had pulled troops from to avoid any excuses for invasion.
April 9, 1940 (Tuesday) At 5:20 a.m. in Norway (4:20 a.m. in Denmark ), the German envoys in Oslo and Copenhagen presented the Norwegian and Danish governments with a German ultimatum demanding that they immediately accept the "protection of the Reich."
Under the code name 'Operation Weserübung', Nazi Germany attacked Denmark and Norway on 9 April 1940. On that same day, Denmark surrendered and was occupied. The country was a useful base of operations for the fight against Norway. The Norwegians resisted for two months but surrendered on 9 June 1940.
On April 9, 1940, the major Norwegian ports from Oslo northward to Narvik (1,200 miles away from Germany’s naval bases) were occupied by advance detachments of German troops.
