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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Central thrust</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_thrust-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bredevad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bredevad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2.1</span> <span>Bredevad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bredevad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rabsted" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rabsted"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2.2</span> <span>Rabsted</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rabsted-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aabenraa_(Åbenrå)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aabenraa_(Åbenrå)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2.3</span> <span>Aabenraa (Åbenrå)</span> </div> </a> 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href="#1st_company_of_the_11th_battalion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>1st company of the 11th battalion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1st_company_of_the_11th_battalion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Casualties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casualties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Casualties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casualties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Order_of_battle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Order_of_battle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Order of battle</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Order_of_battle-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%9Bmeck%C3%A1_invaze_do_D%C3%A1nska" title="Německá invaze do Dánska – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Německá invaze do Dánska" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasionen_af_Danmark_i_1940" title="Invasionen af Danmark i 1940 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Invasionen af Danmark i 1940" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B2%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%94%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1_(1940)" title="Γερμανική εισβολή στη Δανία (1940) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γερμανική εισβολή στη Δανία (1940)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi%C3%B3n_de_Dinamarca" title="Invasión de Dinamarca – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Invasión de Dinamarca" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invado_de_Danio" title="Invado de Danio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Invado de Danio" 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interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_du_Danemark" title="Invasion du Danemark – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Invasion du Danemark" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%85%EC%9D%BC%EC%9D%98_%EB%8D%B4%EB%A7%88%ED%81%AC_%EC%B9%A8%EA%B3%B5_(1940%EB%85%84)" title="독일의 덴마크 침공 (1940년) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="독일의 덴마크 침공 (1940년)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%A8_%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Գերմանական ներխուժումը Դանիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գերմանական ներխուժումը Դանիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi_Denmark_oleh_Jerman_(1940)" title="Invasi Denmark oleh Jerman (1940) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Invasi Denmark oleh Jerman (1940)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasione_della_Danimarca" title="Invasione della Danimarca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Invasione della Danimarca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_om_Denemarken" title="Slag om Denemarken – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Slag om Denemarken" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%88%A6%E3%81%84" title="デンマークの戦い – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デンマークの戦い" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angrepet_p%C3%A5_Danmark_i_1940" title="Angrepet på Danmark i 1940 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Angrepet på 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>German Panzer in <a href="/wiki/%C3%85benr%C3%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="Åbenrå">Åbenrå</a></li> <li>German barricade at <a href="/wiki/%C3%98sterbrogade" title="Østerbrogade">Østerbrogade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a> transport aircraft over Denmark</li> <li>Weapons and helmets of the disarmed Danish soldiers</li> <li>Danish position on the southern outskirts of <a href="/wiki/%C3%85benr%C3%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="Åbenrå">Åbenrå</a></li> <li>Danish motorcycle patrols in <a href="/wiki/%C3%85benr%C3%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="Åbenrå">Åbenrå</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>9 April 1940 (6 hours)</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> German victory</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Territorial<br />changes</th><td> Germany <a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">occupies</a> Denmark. To prevent German expansion, the United Kingdom invades and occupies both the <a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="British occupation of the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland" title="Invasion of Iceland">Iceland</a> while <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> remained unoccupied under the possibility of seizure by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> or <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span data-sort-value="Germany"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Royal_Standard_of_Denmark.svg/35px-Royal_Standard_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Royal_Standard_of_Denmark.svg/46px-Royal_Standard_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Christian X</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_Wain_Prior" title="William Wain Prior">William Prior</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hjalmar_Rechnitzer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hjalmar Rechnitzer (page does not exist)">Hjalmar Rechnitzer</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a 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XXXI">Höheres Kommando XXXI</a></b>:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200718,_28_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200718,_28-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/170th_Infantry_Division_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="170th Infantry Division (Germany)">170th Infantry Division</a><br /><a href="/wiki/198th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">198th Infantry Division</a><br />11th Schützen Brigade<br /><br />527 aircraft<br /><small>(of the <i><a href="/wiki/10th_Air_Corps_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Air Corps (Germany)">X. Fliegerkorps</a></i>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooton200729_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooton200729-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 14,500 soldiers<br /><small>(Zealand, Jutland divisions, & <a href="/wiki/Bornholm" title="Bornholm">Bornholm</a> garrison)</small><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200722_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200722-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />4 air force squadrons<br />2 coastal defence ships<br />6 torpedo boats<br />7 submarines<br />3 minelayers<br />9 minesweepers<br />4 inspection ships</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Uncertain (see <a 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href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_in_the_Nordic_countries_during_World_War_II" title="List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II"><span class="wrap">Nordic states, 1939–1945</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung"><i>Weserübung</i></a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="British occupation of the Faroe Islands"><i>Valentine</i> (Faroe Islands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Safari" title="Operation Safari"><i>Safari</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Isefjord" title="Battle of Isefjord">Isefjord</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Bornholm" title="Landing at Bornholm">Bornholm</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Fox" title="Operation Silver Fox"><i>Silver Fox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Orator" title="Operation Orator"><i>Orator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tanne_Ost" title="Operation Tanne Ost"><i>Tanne Ost</i></a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_World_War_II" title="Iceland in World War II">Iceland</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_invasion_of_Iceland#Operation_Fork" class="mw-redirect" title="British invasion of Iceland"><i>Fork</i></a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Norway" title="German occupation of Norway">Norway</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altmark_incident" title="Altmark incident"><i>Altmark</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung"><i>Weserübung</i></a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Alphabet" title="Operation Alphabet"><i>Alphabet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage" title="Norwegian heavy water sabotage">Heavy water sabotage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Claymore" title="Operation Claymore"><i>Claymore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_EF_(1941)" title="Operation EF (1941)">Kirkenes and Petsamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gauntlet" title="Operation Gauntlet"><i>Gauntlet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fritham" title="Operation Fritham"><i>Fritham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox" title="Operation Gearbox"><i>Gearbox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox_II" title="Operation Gearbox II"><i>Gearbox II</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Leader" title="Operation Leader"><i>Leader</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zitronella" title="Operation Zitronella"><i>Zitronella</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz#British_attacks_on_Tirpitz" title="German battleship Tirpitz">Attacks on <i>Tirpitz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petsamo%E2%80%93Kirkenes_offensive" title="Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive">Petsamo–Kirkenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Finnmark" title="Liberation of Finnmark">Finnmark</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The German invasion of <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a> – Süd</i>), was the German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940, during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. The attack was a prelude to the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">invasion of Norway</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Weserübung Nord</i>, 9 April – 10 June 1940). </p><p>Denmark's strategic importance for Germany was limited. The invasion's primary purpose was to use Denmark as a staging ground for operations against Norway, and to secure supply lines to the forces about to be deployed there. An extensive network of <a href="/wiki/Freya_radar" title="Freya radar">radar systems</a> was built in Denmark to detect British bombers bound for Germany. </p><p>The attack on Denmark was a breach of the non-aggression pact Denmark had signed with Germany less than a year earlier. The initial plan was to push Denmark to accept that German land, naval and air forces could use Danish bases, but <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> subsequently demanded that both Norway and Denmark be invaded. </p><p>Denmark's military forces were inferior in numbers and equipment, and after a short battle were forced to surrender. After less than two hours of struggle, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Denmark" title="Prime Minister of Denmark">Danish Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Thorvald_Stauning" title="Thorvald Stauning">Thorvald Stauning</a> ended the opposition to the German attack, for fear that the Germans would bomb <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> (København), as they had <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Warsaw_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Warsaw in World War II">done with Warsaw</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion of Poland</a> in September 1939. Due to communication difficulties, some Danish forces continued to fight, but after a further two hours, all opposition had stopped. </p><p>Lasting approximately six hours, the German ground campaign against Denmark was one of the shortest military operations of the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200734_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200734-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The attack on Denmark was part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a> Süd, Germany's plan for the invasion of Norway. Its main purpose was to secure the iron ore that shipped from <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a>. To capture Norway, the Germans had to control the port outside <a href="/wiki/Aalborg" title="Aalborg">Aalborg</a> (Ålborg) in northern <a href="/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a> (Jylland).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg19908_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg19908-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Kriegsmarine</i> high command approved of occupying Denmark to extend the German sea-defence network northward, making it harder for British ships to outflank it from the north when attacking ships in the Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy20079_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy20079-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway's fjords also provided excellent bases for German submarines in the North Atlantic. The Germans presented the invasion as an act of protection against a supposed imminent attack by the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201729_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201729-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_plan_of_attack">German plan of attack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: German plan of attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg/300px-German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg/450px-German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg/600px-German_invasion_of_Denmark_%281940%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1836" data-file-height="1478" /></a><figcaption>Map showing the German plans</figcaption></figure> <p>The German High Command planned a combined assault on Denmark to overrun the country as swiftly as possible. It included an airborne assault on the Aalborg (Ålborg) airfields, a surprise landing of infantry from naval auxiliaries at <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> (København), and a simultaneous ground assault across the Jutland (Jylland) peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200712_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200712-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 April, Admiral <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Canaris" title="Wilhelm Canaris">Wilhelm Canaris</a>, chief of the <a href="/wiki/Abwehr" title="Abwehr">Abwehr</a> and involved in the <a href="/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">German resistance to Nazism</a>, warned the Danes of an imminent invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxelrod200853_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxelrod200853-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skirmishes">Skirmishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Skirmishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Army" title="Royal Danish Army">Royal Danish Army</a> was warned of the attack, it was denied permission to deploy or prepare defensive positions as the Danish government did not want to give the Germans any provocation for their actions. Only small and scattered units of the frontier guard and elements of the Jutland (Jylland) division were available to meet the land invasion. Believing the attack was imminent, the troops were placed on full alert at 13:30 on 8 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fighting_in_Jutland">Fighting in Jutland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fighting in Jutland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Danish border was breached at <a href="/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A6d&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sæd (page does not exist)">Sæd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rens" class="mw-redirect" title="Rens">Rens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Padborg" title="Padborg">Padborg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Krus%C3%A5" title="Kruså">Krusaa</a> (Kruså) at 04:15 on the 9th. With the <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> simultaneously landing troops at <a href="/wiki/Lilleb%C3%A6lt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lillebælt">Lillebælt</a>, Danish troops at the border were cut off at the beginning of the fighting. The alarm was sounded at 04:17, and the first Danish troops were dispatched at 04:35.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eastern_flank">Eastern flank</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eastern flank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Lundtoftbjerg">Lundtoftbjerg</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lundtoftbjerg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first clash between the Danish Army and the invading forces occurred at <a href="/wiki/Lundtoftbjerg" title="Lundtoftbjerg">Lundtoftbjerg</a>, where a Danish anti-tank platoon armed with two 20 mm guns and a light machine gun had taken up positions covering the road. A German column appeared at 04:50, and the 20 mm cannons opened fire on the armoured cars while the machine gun took aim at the motorcyclists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fire started in a nearby barn, filling the air with smoke and hindering the German advance. Eventually the anti-tank platoon was forced to withdraw to <a href="/wiki/Aabenraa" title="Aabenraa">Aabenraa</a> (Åbenrå). About 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the north, a <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_infantry" title="Bicycle infantry">bicycle platoon</a> prepared a defence of a railway bridge, but fire from the armoured cars and strafing fighter aircraft forced them to retreat, and a third of them were captured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germans lost two <a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">armoured cars</a> and three motorcycles, while the Danes suffered one dead and one wounded. </p><p>Another German column reached <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hokkerup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hokkerup (page does not exist)">Hokkerup</a> a few kilometers east of Lundtoftbjerg at 05:30. They encountered a roadblock made with farm equipment, set up only 20 minutes earlier by 34 Danish soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199046_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199046-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Danes knocked out the three leading armoured cars, forcing them to pull back. The Germans set up a 37 mm gun 300 metres (330 yd) away, but it managed to fire only one round before being knocked out by two rounds from a 20 mm gun.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hand-to hand combat ensued in which one Dane was killed and three wounded, one fatally.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With air support, the 100 or so Germans managed to surround and capture the Danish unit at 06:15. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Bjergskov">Bjergskov</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bjergskov"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG/220px-Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG/330px-Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG/440px-Weser%C3%BCbung-S%C3%BCd_POWs.PNG 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="412" /></a><figcaption>Danish PoWs at Bjergskov</figcaption></figure> <p>7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Lundtoftbjerg, one motorcycle and two bicycle platoons arrived at Bjergskov at around 05:00. Under Lieutenant Colonel S.E. Clausen the motorcycle troops set up a roadblock with two 20 mm guns while the remaining platoons spread out in the woods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A German column arrived at 06:30. Their tanks pushed the roadblock aside and opened fire. One gun returned fire until a tank drove over it. The gunner attempted to run for cover in the woods but was killed when a German aircraft strafed the road. The second gun malfunctioned. The Danes tried to escape on motorcycles<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199048_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199048-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the Germans surrounded them with armoured vehicles and captured them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199050_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199050-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further four Danish soldiers were wounded, while one German armored car was damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_thrust">Central thrust</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Central thrust"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Bredevad">Bredevad</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bredevad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an encounter between Danish and German forces at Bredevad, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the border, a German vanguard of four armoured cars approached the village. The Danes arrived at 6:30 AM and, without time to build a roadblock, took cover in a garden.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199052_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199052-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A machine gun and a 20 mm cannon, manned by one and a half platoons, fired warning shots. When the Germans ignored this, the Danes opened fire from 300 meters (yards) out, knocking out the lead armoured car and killing its driver. A short skirmish followed. The Danes knocked out three more German armoured cars and suffered four casualties. At 07:15 a reinforcing German motorized column arrived from <a href="/wiki/Tinglev" title="Tinglev">Tinglev</a>, cutting off the Danes and forcing them to surrender. Two Danes were killed and five were wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Rabsted">Rabsted</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rabsted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A cyclist platoon from Korskro arrived at Rabsted at 6:45. While lying in wait, they managed to capture two German dispatch riders. Learning from them that Bredevad had been taken, they retreated to the northeast via secondary roads.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Aabenraa_(Åbenrå)"><span id="Aabenraa_.28.C3.85benr.C3.A5.29"></span>Aabenraa (Åbenrå)</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aabenraa (Åbenrå)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_(6510754457).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg/220px-Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg/330px-Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg/440px-Dansk_stilling_i_den_sydlige_udkant_af_%C3%85benr%C3%A5_%286510754457%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3960" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>Danish soldiers with a <a href="/wiki/Madsen_20_mm_cannon" title="Madsen 20 mm cannon">Madsen 20 mm anti-tank gun</a> at Aabenraa (Åbenrå)</figcaption></figure> <p>As the Danish forces at <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8gaard" class="mw-redirect" title="Søgaard">Søgaard</a> (Søgård) army camp prepared to pull back north to <a href="/wiki/Vejle" title="Vejle">Vejle</a>, where the main force of the Jutland (Jylland) Division was preparing for battle, a short skirmish occurred at Aabenraa (Åbenrå) as the anti-tank platoon from Lundtoftbjerg attacked 15 or so pursuing German vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After disabling a German tank, the rearguard pulled back to Knivsberg. They rendezvoused with a bicycle platoon from Stubbæk Skov, which had suffered one killed and three wounded by German aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Danish CO ordered them to northern Haderslev. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Haderslev">Haderslev</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Haderslev"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Haderslev" title="Haderslev">Haderslev</a> had a garrison of 225 men of the Jutland (Jylland) Division under Colonel A. Hartz, which defended both the <a href="/wiki/Barracks" title="Barracks">barracks</a> in the town and the road leading to it. Troops in the town mobilized at 07:00 on hearing instructions broadcast from police loudspeaker vans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bolstered by retreating units, approximately 400 Danes defended the town. Three roadblocks were set up: one with dumping wagons, the other two from spare lumber.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At about 07:50 on the southern outskirts of Haderslev, a Danish <a href="/wiki/Bofors_37_mm_anti-tank_gun" title="Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun">37 mm anti-tank gun</a> with a crew of five attacked the approaching armour.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two German tanks lined up adjacent to one another and opened fire. The Danes landed all three of their shots—one in a tank's tracks—but two of the gun crew were killed and the rest wounded. One tank then drove over the gun. Around the curve on Sønderbro Street, two 20 mm cannon and a machine gun put up resistance at the wagon roadblock. The Germans laid down heavy fire. A Danish soldier was killed and two were wounded, but the Germans were effectively pinned down.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199061_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199061-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fighting continued for ten minutes until the order to surrender was received from Copenhagen (København) by telephone. The Germans were then allowed to proceed into Haderslev, but the Danish garrison stationed there had not received the order to surrender and fired on them. Two German tanks and a motorcycle proceeded unsuspecting towards the barracks, which were defended by the anti-tank unit from Lundtoftbjerg.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They opened fire, killing the motorcyclist and blowing the tracks off one tank, sending it crashing into a house. However, the Danish garrison capitulated at 08:15 when the order to surrender finally came through.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One Danish soldier was killed while defending the barracks,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three civilians were killed in the crossfire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199063_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199063-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Western_flank">Western flank</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Western flank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Abild_and_Sølsted"><span id="Abild_and_S.C3.B8lsted"></span>Abild and Sølsted</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Abild and Sølsted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first fighting in Western Jutland (Jylland) occurred against the <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nder" title="Tønder">Tønder</a> garrison, which was dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Abild" title="Abild">Abild</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=S%C3%B8lsted&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sølsted (page does not exist)">Sølsted</a>. At Abild, a Danish 20 mm gun crew knocked out two German armoured cars of the German 11th Motorized Regiment before pulling back. At Sølsted, a Danish anti-tank unit consisting of fewer than 50 men set up a defensive position with a 20 mm gun on a road. When a force of the German 11th Motorized Regiment approached, the Danes opened fire as soon as the first German armoured car came within range. The first vehicle was knocked out and ended up in a ditch, while the next continued forward, but pulled back after being hit. It was hit several more times, but was able to fire back. German infantry attempted twice to outflank the Danish positions, but both attempts were met with heavy fire and they became bogged down. Seeing that his attack was failing, the German regimental commander radioed for support and three German <a href="/wiki/Henschel_Hs_126" title="Henschel Hs 126">Henschel Hs 126</a> aircraft soon appeared. They bombed and strafed the Danish force until the Danish commander ordered his troops to fall back to Bredebo. In spite of this, no Danish casualties were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the men of the Tønder garrison reached Bredebro, the order to capitulate had been issued and the fighting was over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airborne_landings">Airborne landings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Airborne landings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At approximately 05:00, history's first paratrooper attack took place. 96 <i><a href="/wiki/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger" title="Fallschirmjäger">Fallschirmjäger</a></i> jumped from nine <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a> transport aircraft to secure <a href="/wiki/Storstr%C3%B8m_Bridge" title="Storstrøm Bridge">Storstrøm Bridge</a>, connecting the island of <a href="/wiki/Falster" title="Falster">Falster</a> with Zealand (Sjælland) and the coastal fortress on <a href="/wiki/Masned%C3%B8" title="Masnedø">Masnedø</a> island. The elite German troops expected heavy fighting around the fortress, but much to their surprise, only two privates and an officer were found inside.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199031_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199031-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The landing opened the way for a battalion of the <a href="/wiki/198th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">198. Infanterie-Division</a> to advance on Copenhagen (København) by land.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two hours later, a platoon of paratroopers from the 4th battalion of Fallschirmjäger Regiment I landed in Aalborg (Ålborg), the main city of northern Jutland (Jylland), to secure <i>Weserübung Süd's</i> primary target: the airfield at Aalborg (Ålborg),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to be used as a stepping-stone for the invasion of Norway. The <i>Fallschirmjäger</i>s encountered no resistance, and in less than an hour German aircraft were landing there in huge numbers. More than 200 landings and takeoffs were recorded on the first day, most of them transporting troops and fuel to <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Fornebu" title="Oslo Airport, Fornebu">Fornebu Airport</a> in Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199075_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199075-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Esbjerg" title="Esbjerg">Esbjerg</a>, a 75mm anti-aircraft gun damaged a German aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_landings">Naval landings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Naval landings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A,_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>The German battleship <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein" title="SMS Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></i> at Korsør</figcaption></figure> <p>In order to capture the connections between Jutland (Jylland) and <a href="/wiki/Zealand_(Denmark)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zealand (Denmark)">Zealand</a> (Sjælland), the <i>Kriegsmarine</i> landed more troops from the 198th Infantry Division at Funen (Fyn).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time, troops supported by the battleship <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein" title="SMS Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></i> landed in <a href="/wiki/Kors%C3%B8r" title="Korsør">Korsør</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nyborg" title="Nyborg">Nyborg</a>, cutting off connections between <a href="/wiki/Funen" title="Funen">Funen</a> (Fyn) and Zealand (Sjælland). Meeting no resistance, the troops in Korsør reached Copenhagen (København) at noon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199032_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199032-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly earlier, at 03:55, the Germans made a surprise attack on <a href="/wiki/Gedser" title="Gedser">Gedser</a>, Denmark's southernmost city. They utilized the local ferry from <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a>, which they crammed with troops. Soldiers swarmed inland and cut telephone lines. Armour and motorcycles followed, and rapidly advanced to and captured the Storstrøm Bridge together with the paratroopers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199028_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199028-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capture_of_Copenhagen_(København)"><span id="Capture_of_Copenhagen_.28K.C3.B8benhavn.29"></span>Capture of Copenhagen (København)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Capture of Copenhagen (København)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To secure Denmark's quick surrender, the capture of the capital city was considered essential. At 04:20<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg19909_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg19909-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 2,430 ton minelayer <a href="/wiki/German_minelayer_Hansestadt_Danzig" title="German minelayer Hansestadt Danzig"><i>Hansestadt Danzig</i></a>, with an escort of the icebreaker <a href="/wiki/SS_Stettin_(1933)" title="SS Stettin (1933)"><i>Stettin</i></a> and two <a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">patrol boats</a>, entered Copenhagen (København) harbour with <a href="/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge" title="Reichskriegsflagge">battle flags</a> flying. The harbour was covered by the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a> guns of <a href="/wiki/Middelgrundsfortet" title="Middelgrundsfortet">Fort Middelgrund</a>. The newly appointed Danish commander ordered a warning shot to be fired, but the recently arrived recruits could not operate the gun.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199014_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After landing a battalion of the 198th Infantry at 05:18, German forces captured the 70-strong garrison of <a href="/wiki/Kastellet,_Copenhagen" title="Kastellet, Copenhagen">Kastellet</a>, the headquarters of the Danish Army, without a single shot. Their next target was <a href="/wiki/Amalienborg_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalienborg Palace">Amalienborg Palace</a>, residence of the Danish royal family.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Amalienborg_and_capitulation">Amalienborg and capitulation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Amalienborg and capitulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Danish reinforcements join the fray" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg/220px-Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg/330px-Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg/440px-Livgardens_bolstring_af_Amalienborg_9.april-_1940..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1417" data-file-height="1009" /></a><figcaption>Illustrative depiction of the reinforcements from Rosenborg Barracks entering the fray</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon their arrival at Amalienborg, the German infantry encountered resistance from the on-duty company of the <a href="/wiki/Den_Kongelige_Livgarde" class="mw-redirect" title="Den Kongelige Livgarde">King's Royal Guard</a>. The initial attack was repulsed, resulting in three wounded Guardsmen and four wounded Germans. The situation then quickly escalated as Danish reinforcements swiftly arrived from <a href="/wiki/Rosenborg_Barracks" title="Rosenborg Barracks">Rosenborg Barracks</a>, bringing with them multiple <a href="/wiki/Madsen_machine_gun" title="Madsen machine gun">Madsen machine guns</a>. The subsequent street fighting around Amalienborg was intense, with particularly ferocious clashes in <a href="/wiki/Bredgade" title="Bredgade">Bredgade</a>, that ultimately brought the German advance to a complete halt. </p><p>The dogged resistance of the Royal Guard gave King <a href="/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Christian X</a> and his ministers time to confer with the Danish commander-in-chief <a href="/wiki/William_Wain_Prior" title="William Wain Prior">General Prior</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200716_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200716-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the discussions, several formations of <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_111" title="Heinkel He 111">Heinkel He 111</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_17" title="Dornier Do 17">Dornier Do 17</a> bombers from <i><a href="/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_4" title="Kampfgeschwader 4">Kampfgeschwader 4</a></i> roared over the city dropping <a href="/wiki/OPROP!" title="OPROP!">OPROP!</a> <a href="/wiki/Pamphlet" title="Pamphlet">leaflets</a>. Faced with the explicit threat of <i>Luftwaffe</i> bombing Copenhagen's civilian population, all but General Prior favoured surrender. The argument for surrender was that Denmark's military position was untenable. Its land and population were too small to hold out against Germany for any sustained period, and its flat terrain would be easily overrun by German <a href="/wiki/Panzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer">panzers</a>. (Jutland (Jylland), for instance, was wide open to a panzer attack from <a href="/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein" title="Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a> to the south.) Unlike Norway, Denmark had no mountain ranges where a drawn-out resistance could be mounted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShirer1990663_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer1990663-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, Denmark had significant water obstacles between the panzers and the capital city, Copenhagen (København), a long coastline, and a significant navy that could expect help from Great Britain and France. A third option, the government going into exile as the Czechoslovakian government had done, was not chosen, in part because the King and the Crown Prince profoundly refused to leave the Crown Princess behind as she was in the ninth month of pregnancy and therefore immobile. The Danish government ordered a ceasefire at 06:00, and formally capitulated at 08:34<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in exchange for retaining political independence in domestic matters. </p><p>The decision to stand down and disarm the Royal Guard caused great frustration among the Guardsmen, who firmly believed that they could successfully expel the Germans from the capital. This frustration boiled over into an uproar, during which the Guardsmen attempted to rearm themselves to launch a direct assault on Kastellet, where the Germans had positioned their temporary headquarters. However, the officers argued that even if the Guardsmen were able to drive out the initial German troops, more overwhelming forces would inevitably arrive soon after. As a result of these discussions, the Guardsmen eventually abandoned their efforts to resist the Germans.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fate_of_the_Danish_Air_Services">Fate of the Danish Air Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Fate of the Danish Air Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg/220px-Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg/330px-Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg/440px-Danish_Army_Air_Service_Destroyed_Planes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="831" /></a><figcaption>Danish <a href="/wiki/Fokker_C.V" title="Fokker C.V">Fokker C.Vs</a> destroyed at Værløse</figcaption></figure> <p>The entire four squadron Danish Army Air Service was stationed at <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6rl%C3%B8se" title="Værløse">Værløse</a> near Copenhagen (København). In anticipation of the German invasion, they had prepared to disperse to airfields around the country, but this had not been accomplished by 05:25 when <i>Luftwaffe</i> aircraft appeared over the airbase.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the German aircraft reached Værløse, one <a href="/wiki/Fokker_C.V" title="Fokker C.V">Fokker C.V</a>-E reconnaissance aircraft was getting airborne,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was shot down by a <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110</a> flown by <i><a href="/wiki/Hauptmann" title="Hauptmann">Hauptmann</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Falck" title="Wolfgang Falck">Wolfgang Falck</a> at an altitude of 50 metres (200'). Both crew members were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooton200731_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooton200731-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German Bf 110s then strafed the base under heavy anti-aircraft fire. They destroyed 11 aircraft and badly damaged another 14 as they taxied to take-off, wiping out most of the Danish Army Air Service in one action. The Danish Navy Air Service remained at its bases and escaped damage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1st_company_of_the_11th_battalion">1st company of the 11th battalion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1st company of the 11th battalion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While most of the Danish Army followed the order to surrender, one unit refused. Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Helge_Bennike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helge Bennike (page does not exist)">Helge Bennike</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Bennike" class="extiw" title="da:Helge Bennike">da</a>]</span>, commander of the 4th Regiment at <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a>, believed that the order to surrender had been forced on the government by the Germans and that <a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweden in World War II">Sweden</a> had also been attacked. Bennike and his unit boarded the ferry in <a href="/wiki/Elsinore" class="mw-redirect" title="Elsinore">Elsinore</a> to Sweden and went into exile. When the misunderstanding was later cleared up, most of the Danish soldiers stayed in Sweden and would form the core of the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Brigade_in_Sweden" title="Danish Brigade in Sweden">Danish Brigade in Sweden</a> in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENigel20145_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENigel20145-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casualties">Casualties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg/220px-Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg/330px-Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg/440px-Dead_Danish_Soldier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="877" /></a><figcaption>A Danish soldier lies dead by the roadblock in Haderslev.</figcaption></figure> <p>For propaganda purposes, the German High Command tried to present the invasion of Denmark as a peaceful one, so it would be believed that Denmark did not put up any resistance to it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199079_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199079-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his first monograph, author Kay Søren Nielsen states that in the archives of the Danish weapons manufacturer <a href="/wiki/DISA_(company)" title="DISA (company)">DISA</a> (Danish Industrial Syndicate), 203 German soldiers were claimed to be killed in Jutland (Jylland).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENielsen2005_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENielsen2005-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This number is also backed up by testimonies from veterans and eyewitnesses, including the veteran Frode Jensen, who after the battle was over, was told by the Germans, that they had lost 18 men while his unit had only suffered 2 casualties. </p><p>However, the number is considered an exaggeration by many historians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaursen2013_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaursen2013-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENilson2015_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENilson2015-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the Journal of Military History, <i>Krigshistorisk Tidsskrift</i>, published an article for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Defence_College" title="Royal Danish Defence College">Royal Danish Defence College</a> in which military correspondent Lt. Col Jürgensen H.J. (ret.) summarized key points in the German invasion. He argued that actual German losses were 2-3 killed and 25-30 wounded, and that the Danish military suffered a confirmed 16 dead and 20 wounded. Casualties among the civil resistance is not certain, but are given as 10 dead and 3 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJürgensen201516–25_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJürgensen201516–25-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Military historian <a href="/wiki/David_T._Zabecki" title="David T. Zabecki">David T. Zabecki</a> notes in <i>"Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History"</i> that Denmark suffered 49 casualties (26 killed and 23 wounded), and that 20 German soldiers were killed or wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other than the casualties at the front, a few aircraft were shot down or crashed, a <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboat</a> sank after a collision with a German vessel in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Belt" title="Great Belt">Great Belt</a> and the German battleship <i>Schleswig-Holstein</i> was temporarily grounded west of <a href="/wiki/Agers%C3%B8" title="Agersø">Agersø</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199098_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199098-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Order of battle for both the Royal Danish Army and <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">German Army</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Danish_Army">Royal Danish Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Royal Danish Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256386598">.mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#F0F2F5;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#CCFFCC;color:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}</style> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:100%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-mainspace" style="; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em">Royal Danish Army<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettibone201490-91_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettibone201490-91-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVolden20079_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVolden20079-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJensen202019_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJensen202019-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Structure of the Royal Danish Army, 9 April 1940"><img alt="Structure of the Royal Danish Army, 9 April 1940" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png/300px-Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png/450px-Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png/600px-Royal_Danish_Army_1940.png 2x" data-file-width="3319" data-file-height="3750" /></a><figcaption>Structure of the Royal Danish Army, 9 April 1940</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Headquarters under <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Wain_Prior" title="William Wain Prior">William Wain Prior</a> at <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> <ul><li>1st (Zealand) Infantry Division <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Life_Guards_(Denmark)" title="Royal Life Guards (Denmark)">Life Guards</a> <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>1st Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Life_Regiment" title="Danish Life Regiment">1st Battalion</a></li> <li>15th Battalion</li> <li>21st Battalion</li> <li>24th Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>4th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a></li> <li>8th Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Holb%C3%A6k" title="Holbæk">Holbæk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falster_Regiment_of_Foot" title="Falster Regiment of Foot">11th Battalion</a> - <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Life_Regiment" title="Queen's Life Regiment">17th Battalion</a> - <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8" title="Præstø">Præstø</a></li> <li>28th Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a></li> <li>Infantry Artillery Company - <a href="/wiki/Roskilde" title="Roskilde">Roskilde</a></li></ul></li> <li>5th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Vordingborg" title="Vordingborg">Vordingborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Marine Regiment (Denmark)">7th Battalion</a></li> <li>14th Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Slagelse" title="Slagelse">Slagelse</a></li> <li>19th Battalion</li> <li>25th Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guard_Hussar_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)">Guard Hussar Regiment</a> <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown%27s_Artillery_Regiment" title="Crown's Artillery Regiment">1st Motorized Artillery Regiment</a> <ul><li>Headquarters -<a href="/wiki/Aved%C3%B8relejren" title="Avedørelejren">Avedørelejren</a></li> <li>1st Field Battalion</li> <li>2nd Heavy Field Battalion</li> <li>6th Heavy Field Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealand_Artillery_Regiment" title="Zealand Artillery Regiment">2nd Motorized Artillery Regiment</a> <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Holb%C3%A6k" title="Holbæk">Holbæk</a></li> <li>4th Field Battalion</li> <li>5th Field Battalion</li> <li>11th Field Battalion</li> <li>12th Field Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>13th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li> <li>1st Engineer Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></li></ul></li> <li>2nd (Jutland) Infantry Division <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Viborg,_Denmark" title="Viborg, Denmark">Viborg</a></li> <li>2nd Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8nderborg" title="Sønderborg">Sønderborg</a></li> <li>3rd Battalion - <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8nderborg" title="Sønderborg">Sønderborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleswig_Regiment_of_Foot" title="Schleswig Regiment of Foot">13th Battalion</a> - <a href="/wiki/Haderslev" title="Haderslev">Haderslev</a></li> <li>18th Battalion - <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8nderborg" title="Sønderborg">Sønderborg</a></li> <li>22nd Battalion - <a href="/wiki/Haderslev" title="Haderslev">Haderslev</a></li> <li>Infantry Artillery Company - <a href="/wiki/Haderslev" title="Haderslev">Haderslev</a></li></ul></li> <li>3rd Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Viborg,_Denmark" title="Viborg, Denmark">Viborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince%27s_Life_Regiment" title="Prince's Life Regiment">6th Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="10th Regiment (Denmark)">9th Battalion</a></li> <li>20th Battalion</li> <li>23rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>6th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Odense" title="Odense">Odense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funen_Life_Regiment" title="Funen Life Regiment">4th Bicycle Infantry Battalion</a> - Søgaard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealand_Life_Regiment" title="Zealand Life Regiment">5th Battalion</a></li> <li>16th Battalion</li> <li>26th Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>7th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters - Frederica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_of_Foot_(Denmark)" title="King's Regiment of Foot (Denmark)">2nd Battalion</a> - <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nder" title="Tønder">Tønder</a></li> <li>10th Battalion - Frederica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutlandic_Regiment_of_Foot" title="Jutlandic Regiment of Foot">12th Battalion</a> - <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8nderborg" title="Sønderborg">Sønderborg</a></li> <li>27th Battalion - Frederica</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutland_Dragoon_Regiment" title="Jutland Dragoon Regiment">Jutland Dragoon Regiment</a> <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Randers" title="Randers">Randers</a></li> <li>1st Cavalry Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Randers" title="Randers">Randers</a></li> <li>2nd Cavalry Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Randers" title="Randers">Randers</a></li> <li>Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li> <li>1st Bicycle Reconnaissance Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li> <li>2nd Bicycle Reconnaissance Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li> <li>3rd Bicycle Reconnaissance Squadron - <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Jutland_Artillery_Regiment" title="North Jutland Artillery Regiment">3rd Field Artillery Regiment</a> <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></li> <li>3rd Field Battalion</li> <li>7th Heavy Field Battalion</li> <li>8th Field Battalion</li> <li>9th Field Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>14th Anti-Aircraft Battalion</li> <li>Jydske Engineer Regiment</li> <li>Infantry Pioneer Command <ul><li>Headquarters</li> <li>1st Pioneer Engineer Battalion</li> <li>2nd Pioneer Engineer Battalion</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Army#Army_Aviation_Troops" title="Royal Danish Army">Army Aviation Troops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zealand" title="Zealand">Zealand</a> Group <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6rl%C3%B8se" title="Værløse">Værløse</a></li> <li>1st Fighter Interceptor Squadron</li> <li>3rd Reconnaissance Squadron</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a> Group <ul><li>Headquarters - <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6rl%C3%B8se" title="Værløse">Værløse</a></li> <li>2nd Transporter-Bomber Squadron</li> <li>5th Reconnaissance Squadron</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6rl%C3%B8se" title="Værløse">Værløse</a> Supply Base Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6rl%C3%B8se" title="Værløse">Værløse</a> Training Base</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealand_Air_Defence_Regiment" title="Zealand Air Defence Regiment">Air Defence Regiment</a></li> <li>Engineer Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bornholm" title="Bornholm">Bornholm</a> Defense Force</li> <li>Signal Regiment</li> <li>Service Troops</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heer">Heer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Heer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256386598"> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:100%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-mainspace" style="; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em">German Army<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENiehorster_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENiehorster-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Structure of the German Army, 9 April 1940"><img alt="Structure of the German Army, 9 April 1940" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png/300px-German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png/450px-German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png/600px-German_Army_Denmark_9_April_1940.png 2x" data-file-width="6868" data-file-height="4203" /></a><figcaption>Structure of the German Army, 9 April 1940</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Headquarters under <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6heres_Kommando_z.b.V._XXXI" class="mw-redirect" title="Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXI">XXXI Corps Denmark Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/170th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">170th Infantry Division</a> <ul><li>391st Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>399th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion, 602nd Transport Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>401st Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>240th Field Artillery Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Battery</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>170th Brigade Headquarters</li> <li>240th Anti-Tank Artillery Battery</li> <li>240th Bicycle Reconnaissance Squadron</li> <li>240th Engineer Battalion</li> <li>240th Signal Battalion</li> <li>240th Divisional Train</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/198th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">198th Infantry Division</a> <ul><li>305th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>308th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>326th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>235th Artillery Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters Battalion</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>198th Brigade Headquarters</li> <li>235th Anti-Tank Artillery Battery</li> <li>235th Bicycle Reconnaissance Squadron</li> <li>235th Engineer Battalion</li> <li>235th Signal Battalion</li> <li>235th Divisional Train</li></ul></li> <li>11th Motorized Brigade <ul><li>11th Brigade Headquarters</li> <li>110th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>110th Motorcycle Company</li> <li>110th Transport Detachment</li></ul></li> <li>111th Infantry Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters</li> <li>1st Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battalion</li> <li>111th Motorcycle Company</li> <li>111th Transport Detachment</li></ul></li> <li>3rd Battalion, 677th Artillery Regiment</li> <li>40th Armoured Detachment</li></ul></li> <li>Direct Controlled Corps Units <ul><li>4th Machine-Gun Battalion</li> <li>13th Machine-Gun Battalion</li> <li>14th Machine-Gun Battalion</li> <li>6th SS Infantry Regiment</li> <li>2x Squads - 23rd Panzer Battalion</li> <li>2x Squads - 24th Panzer Battalion</li> <li>2x Squads - 25th Panzer Battalion</li> <li>2nd Battery, 729th Artillery Battalion</li> <li>3rd Battery, 729th Artillery Battalion</li> <li>431st Signal Corps Battalion</li> <li>431st Supply Corps Battalion</li> <li>431st Motorcycle Courier Platoon</li> <li>431st Field Post Platoon</li> <li>431st Military Police Platoon</li> <li>431st Rations Admin Platoon</li> <li>24th Railroad Construction Engineer Company</li> <li>634th Field Hospital</li> <li>2nd Company, 615th Field Ambulance</li> <li>676th Military Government Commandment Regiment</li> <li>436th Military Government Commandment Regiment</li> <li>633rd Military Government Commandment Regiment</li> <li>716th Military Government Commandment Regiment</li></ul></li> <li>Gruft Luftwaffe Regiment <ul><li>Headquarters</li> <li>2nd Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Regiment</li> <li>1st Mixed Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Gruft Group</li> <li>1st Mixed Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 8th Regiment</li> <li>2nd Mixed Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 19th Regiment</li> <li>Kluge Infantry Detachment Battalion</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath_and_legacy">Aftermath and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Aftermath and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Denmark">Occupation of Denmark</a></div> <p>The Danes capitulated within six hours, resulting in a uniquely lenient <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Denmark">occupation</a>, as the Germans were content to leave the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_race" title="Nordic race">Aryan</a> Danes to manage their own affairs. Danish soldiers were disarmed that afternoon, and those captured were allowed to return to their units.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the island of <a href="/wiki/Bornholm" title="Bornholm">Bornholm</a> was occupied without incident.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke195960_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke195960-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royal Danish Army was severely reduced after the invasion, with only a 3,300-strong "Life Guard" unit allowed to remain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENigel20146_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENigel20146-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Danish merchant ships were caught out abroad following the sudden and rapid invasion. Approximately 240 of these ships were incorporated into the Allied <a href="/wiki/Merchant_navy" title="Merchant navy">merchant navy</a> while ships still in Danish ports served the Germans in transporting iron ore.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201783-84_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201783-84-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A handful of Danish soldiers and pilots escaped to the United Kingdom either directly by plane or via neutral Sweden. Those who escaped either served amongst the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> or <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive" title="Special Operations Executive">SOE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad2017125_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad2017125-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the reported peaceful occupation of Denmark, Allied views on Denmark were contemptuous. It was alleged that a boxing commentator had said "without fighting—like a Dane" concerning a first-round knockout.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborn_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOsborn-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danes have since adopted the saying "<span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Aldrig mere 9 April</i></span>" (<abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> Never again an April 9</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborn_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOsborn-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_military_equipment_of_World_War_II" title="List of Danish military equipment of World War II">List of Danish military equipment of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_German_military_equipment_of_World_War_II" title="List of German military equipment of World War II">List of German military equipment of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9th_(film)" title="April 9th (film)"><i>April 9th</i></a>, a 2015 Danish film about Danish bicycle infantry during the German invasion</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZabecki2014323_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZabecki2014">Zabecki 2014</a>, p. 323.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200734-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200734_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDildy2007">Dildy 2007</a>, p. 34.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg19908-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg19908_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy20079-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy20079_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDildy2007">Dildy 2007</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201729-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201729_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHolbraad2017">Holbraad 2017</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200712-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200712_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDildy2007">Dildy 2007</a>, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAxelrod200853-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAxelrod200853_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAxelrod2008">Axelrod 2008</a>, p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFinsted2004_14-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFinsted2004">Finsted 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199046-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199046_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 46.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199048-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199048_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199050-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199050_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199052-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199052_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199042_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199061-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199061_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199063-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199063_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 63.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199031-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199031_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200736-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200736_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDildy2007">Dildy 2007</a>, p. 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199075-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199075_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 75.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199032-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199032_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199028-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199028_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg19909-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg19909_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199014-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199014_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDildy200716-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDildy200716_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDildy2007">Dildy 2007</a>, p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShirer1990663-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShirer1990663_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShirer1990">Shirer 1990</a>, p. 663.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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April 1940 – Nilausens minder fra A-borg"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=9.+April+1940+%E2%80%93+Nilausens+minder+fra+A-borg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.garderforeningerne.dk%2Fnyheder%2Fhistorie%2Fdanmarks-besaettelse-nilausens-minder-fra-a-borg%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+invasion+of+Denmark+%281940%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchrøder1999109,_113_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchrøder1999">Schrøder 1999</a>, pp. 109, 113.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENigel20145-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENigel20145_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNigel2014">Nigel 2014</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindeberg199079-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindeberg199079_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindeberg1990">Lindeberg 1990</a>, p. 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENielsen2005-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENielsen2005_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNielsen2005">Nielsen 2005</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELaursen2013-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaursen2013_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLaursen2013">Laursen 2013</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENilson2015-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENilson2015_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNilson2015">Nilson 2015</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJürgensen201516–25-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJürgensen201516–25_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJürgensen2015">Jürgensen 2015</a>, pp. 16–25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettibone201490-91-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettibone201490-91_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPettibone2014">Pettibone 2014</a>, p. 90-91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVolden20079-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVolden20079_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVolden2007">Volden 2007</a>, p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJensen202019-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJensen202019_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJensen2020">Jensen 2020</a>, p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENiehorster-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENiehorster_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNiehorster">Niehorster</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke195960-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke195960_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZiemke1959">Ziemke 1959</a>, p. 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENigel20146-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENigel20146_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNigel2014">Nigel 2014</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201783-84-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad201783-84_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHolbraad2017">Holbraad 2017</a>, p. 83-84.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolbraad2017125-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolbraad2017125_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHolbraad2017">Holbraad 2017</a>, p. 125.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOsborn-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborn_47-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOsborn_47-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOsborn">Osborn</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAxelrod2008" class="citation 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title="Diplomatic history of World War II">Diplomacy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governments_in_exile_during_World_War_II" title="List of governments in exile during World War II">Governments in exile</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Home_front_during_World_War_II" title="Home front during World War II">Home front</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="Australian home front during World War II">Australian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United Kingdom home front during World War II">United Kingdom</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United States home front during World War II">United States</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_contribution_to_the_Manhattan_Project" title="British contribution to the Manhattan Project">British contribution</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_awards_and_decorations_of_World_War_II" title="List of military awards and decorations of World War II">Military awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_War_II_military_equipment" title="Lists of World War II military equipment">Military equipment</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_production_during_World_War_II" title="Military production during World War II">Military production</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_World_War_II" title="Naval history of World War II">Naval history</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_puppet_states" title="List of World War II puppet states">Puppet states</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Women_in_World_War_II" title="Women in World War II">Women</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Art_and_World_War_II" title="Art and World War II">Art and World War II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Music_in_World_War_II" title="Music in World War II">Music in World War II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Weather_events_during_wars#World_War_II" title="Weather events during wars">Weather events during World War II</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_and_campaigns_of_World_War_II" title="List of theaters and campaigns of World War II">Theaters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_theater" title="Asiatic-Pacific theater">Asia and Pacific</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">South-East Asia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">North and Central Pacific</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South-West Pacific</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_in_World_War_II" title="Indian Ocean in World War II">Indian Ocean</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">Europe</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean and Middle East</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Atlantic</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic">timeline</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Theater_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Theater (World War II)">Americas</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Decolonization" title="Decolonization">Decolonization</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Korea" title="Division of Korea">Division of Korea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)" title="Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)">Expulsion of Germans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Keelhaul" title="Operation Keelhaul"><i>Keelhaul</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Occupation of Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim" title="Operation Osoaviakhim"><i>Osoaviakhim</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paperclip" title="Operation Paperclip"><i>Paperclip</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military occupations by the Soviet Union">Soviet occupations</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Hungary–Soviet Union relations">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Romania" title="Soviet occupation of Romania">Romania</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oder%E2%80%93Neisse_line" title="Oder–Neisse line">Territorial changes of Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany" title="Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany">Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_World_War_II" title="War crimes in World War II">War crimes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II" title="Allied war crimes during World War II">Allied war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="Soviet war crimes">Soviet war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="British war crimes">British war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="United States war crimes">United States war crimes</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_war_crimes#World_War_II" title="German war crimes">German war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht" title="War crimes of the Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Holocaust" title="Aftermath of the Holocaust">Aftermath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_response_to_the_Holocaust" title="International response to the Holocaust">Response</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg_trials" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_war_crimes" title="Italian war crimes">Italian war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre" title="Nanjing Massacre">Nanjing Massacre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unit_731" title="Unit 731">Unit 731</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">Prosecution</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Croatian war crimes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">Genocide of Serbs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">Persecution of Jews</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust" title="History of the Jews in Romania">Romanian war crimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Sexual violence</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_military_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German military brothels in World War II">German military brothels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_camp_brothels_in_World_War_II" title="German camp brothels in World War II">Camp brothels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany" title="Rape during the occupation of Germany">Rape during the occupation of Germany</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Japan" title="Rape during the occupation of Japan">Japan</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland" title="Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_France" title="Rape during the liberation of France">Rape during the liberation of France</a>  /  <a href="/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_Serbia" title="Rape during the liberation of Serbia">Serbia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sook_Ching" title="Sook Ching">Sook Ching</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">Comfort women</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manila_massacre#Mass_rapes" title="Manila massacre">Rape of Manila</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marocchinate" title="Marocchinate">Marocchinate</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_by_country" title="World War II by country">Participants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Algeria_in_World_War_II" title="Algeria in World War II">Algeria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">Australia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II" title="Belgium in World War II">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_in_World_War_II" title="Brazil in World War II">Brazil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Bulgarian coup d'état">from September 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Canada_in_World_War_II" title="Canada in World War II">Canada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuba_during_World_War_II" title="Cuba during World War II">Cuba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Czechoslovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Ethiopia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_in_World_War_II" title="Eswatini in World War II">Eswatini</a> (formerly Swaziland)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">from September 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/France_during_World_War_II" title="France during World War II">France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Greece during World War II">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/India_in_World_War_II" title="India in World War II">India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-belligerent_Army" title="Italian Co-belligerent Army">Italy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">from September 1943</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liberia_in_World_War_II" title="Liberia in World War II">Liberia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_World_War_II" title="Luxembourg in World War II">Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mexico_during_World_War_II" title="Mexico during World War II">Mexico</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Netherlands_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Netherlands during World War II">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Newfoundland_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Newfoundland during World War II">Newfoundland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of New Zealand during World War II">New Zealand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Philippines_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the Philippines during World War II">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Poland (1939–1945)">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">from August 1944</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_in_World_War_II" title="Sierra Leone in World War II">Sierra Leone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_South_Africa_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of South Africa during World War II">South Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia_in_World_War_II" title="Southern Rhodesia in World War II">Southern Rhodesia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II" title="Soviet Union in World War II">Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tuva_in_World_War_II" title="Tuva in World War II">Tuva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II">United Kingdom</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_in_World_War_II" title="British Empire in World War II">British Empire</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">United States</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_II" title="Puerto Ricans in World War II">Puerto Rico</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Albania protectorate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">Bulgaria</a> (until September 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/State_of_Burma" title="State of Burma">State of Burma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_regime" title="Wang Jingwei regime">Republic of China (Wang Jingwei)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finland_in_World_War_II" title="Finland in World War II">Finland</a> (until September 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German Reich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hungary_in_World_War_II" title="Hungary in World War II">Hungary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Azad_Hind" title="Azad Hind">Azad Hind</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Iraq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">Italy</a> (until September 1943)</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mengjiang" title="Mengjiang">Mengjiang</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romania_in_World_War_II" title="Romania in World War II">Romania</a> (until August 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovak Republic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thailand_in_World_War_II" title="Thailand in World War II">Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leased_Territory_of_Guangzhouwan" title="Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan">Guangzhouwan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_Indochina_in_World_War_II" title="French Indochina in World War II">French Indochina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_in_World_War_II" title="Madagascar in World War II">French Madagascar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon" title="Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">Syria–Lebanon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_North_Africa" title="French North Africa">French North Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">French West Africa</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Template:Collaboration_with_Axis_Powers" title="Template:Collaboration with Axis Powers">Collaboration</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Neutral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andorra#20th_and_21st_centuries" title="History of Andorra">Andorra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II" title="Irish neutrality during World War II">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein in World War II">Liechtenstein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_and_occupation_of_Monaco_during_World_War_II#World_War_II" title="Invasion and occupation of Monaco during World War II">Monaco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Portugal_during_World_War_II" title="Portugal during World War II">Portugal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_San_Marino#World_War_II" title="History of San Marino">San Marino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II#Saudi_Arabia" title="Neutral powers during World War II">Saudi Arabia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spain_during_World_War_II" title="Spain during World War II">Spain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II" title="Sweden during World War II">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Switzerland during the World Wars">Switzerland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Turkey#World_War_II" title="Military history of Turkey">Turkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_during_World_War_II" title="Vatican City during World War II">Vatican City</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen#World_War_II_and_after" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Yemen</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance during World War II">Resistance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austrian_resistance" title="Austrian resistance">Austria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Resistance" title="Belgian Resistance">Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_resistance_movement_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II">Bulgaria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_the_Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Czech lands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement" title="Danish resistance movement">Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies#Underground_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Estonian_anti-German_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931944" title="Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–1944">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arbegnoch" title="Arbegnoch">Ethiopia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greek_resistance" title="Greek resistance">Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong#Anti-Japanese_resistance" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Italy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Political_dissidence_in_the_Empire_of_Japan#Dissidence_during_World_War_II" title="Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan">Japan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe" title="Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe">Jews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Liberation_Army" title="Korean Liberation Army">Korean Liberation Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Volunteer_Army" title="Korean Volunteer Army">Korean Volunteer Army</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Latvian_anti-Nazi_resistance_movement_1941%E2%80%931945" title="Latvian anti-Nazi resistance movement 1941–1945">Latvia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Resistance_in_Lithuania_during_World_War_II" title="Resistance in Lithuania during World War II">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Resistance" title="Luxembourg Resistance">Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Peoples%27_Anti-Japanese_Army" title="Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army">Malaya</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_resistance" title="Dutch resistance">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anti-Japanese_United_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army">Northeast China</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_resistance_movement" title="Norwegian resistance movement">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_resistance_against_Japan" title="Philippine resistance against Japan">Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_anti-communist_resistance_movement" title="Romanian anti-communist resistance movement">Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Free_Thai_Movement" title="Free Thai Movement">Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_partisans" title="Soviet partisans">Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising" title="Slovak National Uprising">Slovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Western Ukraine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vietnam</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam_Qu%E1%BB%91c_D%C3%A2n_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng" title="Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng">Quốc dân Đảng</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Finnish_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">German prisoners</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_Azerbaijan" title="German prisoners of war in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States" title="German prisoners of war in the United States">United States</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II" title="Japanese prisoners of war in World War II">Japanese prisoners</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Polish_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war">German atrocities against Polish POWs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Soviet prisoners</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_prisoners_of_war_in_Finland" title="Soviet prisoners of war in Finland">Finland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_atrocities_committed_against_Soviet_prisoners_of_war" title="German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war">atrocities by Germans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polish_prisoners-of-war_in_the_Soviet_Union_after_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939">Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_timelines_of_World_War_II" title="List of timelines of World War II">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Prelude7698" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">Prelude</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abyssinia_Crisis" title="Abyssinia Crisis">Africa</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="Events preceding World War II in Asia">Asia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Events_preceding_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="Events preceding World War II in Europe">Europe</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Remilitarisation_of_the_Rhineland" title="Remilitarisation of the Rhineland">Remilitarisation of the Rhineland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_(1938%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)">Occupation of Czechoslovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Himmler" title="Operation Himmler">Operation Himmler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1939)" title="Timeline of World War II (1939)">1939</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1939)" title="Battle of Changsha (1939)">First Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931940_Winter_Offensive" title="1939–1940 Winter Offensive">1939–1940 Winter Offensive</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1940)" title="Timeline of World War II (1940)">1940</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norwegian campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">German invasion of Denmark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zaoyang%E2%80%93Yichang" title="Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang">Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">German invasion of Luxembourg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_the_Netherlands" title="German invasion of the Netherlands">German invasion of the Netherlands</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">German invasion of Belgium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean" title="Battle of the Mediterranean">Battle of the Mediterranean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_campaign" title="Western Desert campaign">North Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa_in_World_War_II" title="French West Africa in World War II">West Africa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_British_Somaliland" title="Italian invasion of British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hundred_Regiments_Offensive" title="Hundred Regiments Offensive">Hundred Regiments Offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Baltic states</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">Eastern Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina" title="Japanese invasion of French Indochina">Japanese invasion of French Indochina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italian invasion of Greece</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Compass</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1941)" title="Timeline of World War II (1941)">1941</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Henan" title="Battle of South Henan">Battle of South Henan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shanggao" title="Battle of Shanggao">Battle of Shanggao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Greece" title="German invasion of Greece">German invasion of Greece</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Anglo-Iraqi War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Shanxi" title="Battle of South Shanxi">Battle of South Shanxi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="East African campaign (World War II)">East African campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Invasion of the Soviet Union</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Summer_War" title="Summer War">Summer War</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Continuation_War" title="Continuation War">Finland</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Fox" title="Operation Silver Fox">Silver Fox</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania" title="June Uprising in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941)" title="Battle of Kiev (1941)">Battle of Kiev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" title="Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941)">Second Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">Siege of Leningrad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)">Siege of Sevastopol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand" title="Japanese invasion of Thailand">Japanese invasion of Thailand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Fall of Hong Kong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942)">Fall of the Philippines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1941)" title="Battle of Guam (1941)">Battle of Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malayan_campaign" title="Malayan campaign">Malayan campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Borneo_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)">Battle of Borneo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma" title="Japanese invasion of Burma">Japanese invasion of Burma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changsha_(1941%E2%80%931942)" title="Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)">Third Battle of Changsha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Greece)" title="Great Famine (Greece)">Greek famine of 1941–1944</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1942)" title="Timeline of World War II (1942)">1942</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">Fall of Singapore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea" title="Battle of the Java Sea">Battle of the Java Sea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid" title="St Nazaire Raid">St Nazaire Raid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island" title="Battle of Christmas Island">Battle of Christmas Island</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar" title="Battle of Madagascar">Battle of Madagascar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang-Jiangxi_campaign" title="Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign">Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dutch_Harbor" title="Battle of Dutch Harbor">Battle of Dutch Harbor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign" title="Aleutian Islands campaign">Aleutian Islands campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Kiska" title="Japanese occupation of Kiska">Kiska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Attu" title="Japanese occupation of Attu"> Attu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Blue</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rzhev,_summer_1942" title="Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942">Rzhev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Jubilee</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch"><i>Torch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_famine_of_1942%E2%80%931943" title="Chinese famine of 1942–1943">Chinese famine of 1942–1943</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1943)" title="Timeline of World War II (1943)">1943</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Black_May_(1943)" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_campaign" title="Tunisian campaign">Tunisian campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_West_Hubei" title="Battle of West Hubei">Battle of West Hubei</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Attu" title="Battle of Attu">Battle of Attu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Gorky_in_World_War_II#June_1943" title="Bombing of Gorky in World War II">Bombing of Gorky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Smolensk_operation" title="Smolensk operation">Smolensk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cottage" title="Operation Cottage"><i>Cottage</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Northern_Burma_and_Western_Yunnan" title="Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan">Northern Burma and Western Yunnan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changde" title="Battle of Changde">Changde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1943)" title="Battle of Kiev (1943)">Second Battle of Kiev</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makin" title="Battle of Makin">Makin</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)" title="Timeline of World War II (1944)">1944</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tempest" title="Operation Tempest"><i>Tempest</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korsun%E2%80%93Cherkassy" title="Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy">Korsun–Cherkassy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1944)" title="Battle of Narva (1944)">Narva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_U-Go" title="Operation U-Go"><i>U-Go</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Imphal" title="Battle of Imphal">Imphal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go"><i>Ichi-Go</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima" title="Battle of Kohima">Kohima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord"><i>Overlord</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings"><i>Neptune</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Mariana and Palau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration"><i>Bagration</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lvov%E2%80%93Sandomierz_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Lvov–Sandomierz offensive">Western Ukraine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)" title="Battle of Guam (1944)">Second Battle of Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg_Line" title="Battle of Tannenberg Line">Tannenberg Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_offensive" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive">Eastern Romania</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris" title="Liberation of Paris">Liberation of Paris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon"><i>Dragoon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belgrade_offensive" title="Belgrade offensive">Belgrade offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marino" title="Battle of San Marino">Battle of San Marino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden"><i>Market Garden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_offensive" title="Tallinn offensive">Estonia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crossbow" title="Operation Crossbow"><i>Crossbow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive"><i>Pointblank</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945" title="Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945">Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945)">Philippines (1944–1945)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Leyte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Syrmian_Front" title="Syrmian Front">Syrmian Front</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Budapest_offensive" title="Budapest offensive">Hungary</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Budapest" title="Siege of Budapest">Budapest</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Burma campaign (1944–1945)">Burma (1944–1945)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Ardennes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte" title="Operation Bodenplatte"><i>Bodenplatte</i></a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945" title="Dutch famine of 1944–1945">Dutch famine of 1944–1945</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1945%E2%80%931991)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)">1945</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_offensive" title="Vistula–Oder offensive">Vistula–Oder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1945)" title="Battle of Manila (1945)">Battle of Manila</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina" title="Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina">Indochina</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vienna_offensive" title="Vienna offensive">Vienna offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Project_Hula" title="Project Hula">Project Hula</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western invasion of Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bratislava%E2%80%93Brno_offensive" title="Bratislava–Brno offensive">Bratislava–Brno offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Guangxi_campaign" title="Second Guangxi campaign">Second Guangxi campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_West_Hunan" title="Battle of West Hunan">West Hunan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy">Italy (Spring 1945)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prague_offensive" title="Prague offensive">Prague offensive</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">Surrender of Germany</a></span> <ul><li><span 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