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    An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War
    An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War
    An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War
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    An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War

    By Major Kim M. Johnson

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    The Norwegian Resistance during the Second World War (April 1940-June 1945) was basically a peaceful set of events conducted by the civilian population as well as underground military organizations. While sabotage and other hostile resistance acts did occur, they were not great in number. It should not be overlooked the Norwegian Armed Forces did fight for 63 days before admitting defeat to Germany.

    This paper will answer the question “Was the Norwegian Resistance successful against the German Nazis once their country was taken over by them during the Second World War?” The Warden theory of the organization of a system is used to categorize the Resistance movement, dissecting it and placing it in categories. Centers of gravity are noted and discussed. While the Norwegians did not have the military strength to beat the Germans, they did win many battles via their Resistance to the German Rule. These victories along with German acknowledgment prove the Norwegian Resistance was successful against the German Army and its rule over Norway.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLucknow Books
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786250537
    An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War
    Author

    Major Kim M. Johnson

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      An Analysis Of The Norwegian Resistance During The Second World War - Major Kim M. Johnson

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      Text originally published in 1997 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2014, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      An Analysis of the Norwegian Resistance During the Second World War

      By

      Major Kim M. Johnson

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      Preface 5

      Abstract 5

      Chapter 1 — Introduction 6

      Chapter 2 — Baseline of Understanding 7

      History 7

      Warden’s Five Ring Model 7

      Chapter 3 — System Analysis of Norway and Germany 9

      Leadership 9

      System Essentials 12

      Infrastructure 14

      Population 15

      Fielded Forces 18

      Chapter 4 — Norwegian Resistance Victories 20

      Military Victories 20

      Civilian Victories 20

      Resistance Victories 21

      German Acknowledgment 23

      Chapter 5 — Conclusions 24

      Appendix A — Scandinavia in 1939 26

      Appendix B — Norway After April 9, 1940 27

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 29

      Bibliography 30

      Preface

      This paper deals with the resistance in Norway during the Second World War, the period of April 1940—until June 1945. While the resistance described is not necessarily what you would normally think of, i.e., military, it was more or less a civilized resistance which most likely saved the Norwegians from the harsh treatment under Hitler’s rule, such as that suffered by France. My main reason for choosing this topic was based on a recent visit to Norway this past year where I had the chance to visit the Norwegian Resistance Museum in Oslo. The memories of what I saw there are forever etched in my mind. When I saw the chance to put these memories along with many hard facts together into a paper, I jumped at it. The value of this paper to other ACSC students is in presenting the material in a format which is taught at ACSC—the Warden model. This is one more example of how his theory can be used to organize an event in history.

      I would like to thank Dr. Arfinn Moland for his assistance

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