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Episode 176, The Invasion of Norway, the End and the Beginning of Norwegian Resistance.

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On May 28, the Allied forces in Norway had accomplished one of the key goals of the campaign.

They had recaptured the port of Narvik from the Germans.

And yet, by the time that the message was sent from Narvik that the city had been captured,

the decision had already been made in London to wind down the campaign,

and to evacuate as many men and as much material as possible.

The root of this decision was probably in a May 20th report from the inter-service planning

staff to the chiefs of staff, a British planning body that prepared information for higher

level decision-making bodies within the British government and military.

The report was written up in the shadows of the absolute disasters that were at that very moment occurring in France.

The German invasion had started on May 10th, and on May 26th, the evacuations from Dunkirk were complete.

This new situation caused British leaders to completely re-evaluate the importance and viability of the fighting in Norway.

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