Operation Weserübung

Operation Weserübung
Part of Norwegian campaign
German soldiers advancing towards Pålsbrøtin, southwest of Bagn in Sør-Aurdal Municipality, Norway Norway's Oscarsborg Fortress, under attack from Luftwaffe bombers Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft flying low above Danish rooftops German tanks driving through Horsens in mainland Denmark Danish position on the southern outskirts of Aabenraa near the German border A Norwegian field gun in action
Date 9 April – 10 June 1940 (2 months and 1 day) Location Denmark Norway Result German victory Territorial changes Occupation of Denmark and Norway by Germany Occupation of Iceland and the Faroe Islands by the United Kingdom
Belligerents
Germany	Norway  Denmark  United Kingdom  France Poland
Commanders and leaders
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Leonhard Kaupisch Eduard Dietl Hans Geisler Alfred Saalwächter	Kristian Laake Otto Ruge Carl Gustav Fleischer Rasmus Hatledal William Wain Prior William Boyle
Strength
9 divisions 1 artillery battalion 1 motorized rifle brigade Total: 120,000	Norway: 6 divisions: ~52,000 Denmark: 2 divisions: ~14,500 Allies: ~35,000 Total: ~101,500
Casualties and losses
Kriegsmarine: 1 heavy cruiser 2 light cruisers 10 destroyers various U-boats, transports and smaller warships Total: 5,296 casualties[1][2]	Norway: 116 ships lost[3][4] 1,700 killed Denmark: 26 killed 23 wounded[5] Royal Navy: 1 aircraft carrier 1 heavy cruiser 1 light cruiser 7 destroyers 1 submarine various transports and smaller warships French Navy: 1 destroyer 1 submarine Polish Navy: 1 destroyer 1 submarine Allies: 4,902 casualties Total: 6,602 casualties

On 9 April 1940, the Wehrmacht launched a invasion of Denmark and Norway. In under six hours, the Danish surrendered, and the Germans launched the invasion of Norway.

By 10 June, both governments had surrendeed to the Germans.

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Lunde542 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Derry230 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "marinen". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 262–264. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.
4. ↑ Thowsen, Atle (1995). "marinens fartøyer". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 264. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.
5. ↑ Zabecki 2014, p. 323. sfn error: no target: CITEREFZabecki2014 (help)