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The Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 173, The Invasion of Norway, your troops haven't been defeated.

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In the days after the German invasion of Norway, there were many conversations that would occur

in London and Paris as the two nations tried to determine how they would respond to the German

attack. During these discussions, there were large operations planned, both against Trondheim

and Narvik, but assembling the forces and getting them to their destinations would take time.

Time was not something that the

Norwegians had the luxury of. Back in Norway, the German attack would continue as German troops

from Oslo and southern Norway tried to reach the isolated landings that had occurred in central

and northern Norway, while the Norwegian defense forces attempted to prevent that movement.

In these efforts, they would receive some assistance from the British and the French,

but nowhere near what was hoped for, or in reality, what was needed,

to successfully stop the German advances.

During this episode, we will look at those German attacks

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