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Episode 169, The Invasion of Norway Part 7, Fight We Shall.

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One of the common themes of every major campaign of the Second World War, and really most

wars, is that as soon

as the campaign starts, things get confusing, for both sides. But this confusion is often felt

the most severely by the defending side of a campaign, because they do not really have any

clear idea what is happening, what the goals of the attacker are, and what their general plan is.

This was absolutely the case for the Norwegian leaders in the last hours of April 8th and

the early hours of April 9th, 1940.

It very rapidly became clear that they were being attacked by Germany, but that those

attacks were also spread around to various parts of Norway. But beyond those very simple facts, information started getting fuzzy.

What exactly were the Germans doing? What were their goals?

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