Norway's Last Days of War - The Battle of Haglebu (1945)

00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - The Occupation and the Resistance
04:07 - Eggedal during WW2
05:25 - The War Cabin
07:25 - The Aryan Idol in Eggedal
08:12 - The Razzia in Eggedal and the Battle of Haglebu
11:01 - Freedom and Consequences
12:10 - Aftermath
I explore the role my own cabin played in the life of a man who was part of the local resistance movement against the occupation of Norway during WW2. This reveals local conflicts; a fanatic Nazi neighbour, a plot against Quisling and the underplayed skirmish at Haglebuvannet, where countrymen fought one another, during the last days of WW2.
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[@NorthernHistory]

Thanks for watching, and also sharing your family's war-stories in the commentaries. I read them all. Hit subscribe and notification bell for updates 🔔

[@Ralphs-House]

My Grandfather (British) was part of the army team rebuilding Norway after WW2. He loved Norway and there are still generations of us that remain proud of our Norwegian allies. We still have the letter given by Prince Olav to British troops that assisted Norway. The Christmas Tree in Trafalgar square in London each year is still supplied by Norway and we're proud of that too.

[@xpost9381]

British rebuilding of Norway...??? .....Really....... So in your mind when and were should that have happened...??? You really will struggle to find any evidence of that.....since that never happened.....

[@Ralphs-House]

@@xpost9381 Got a big photo album to prove it

[@xpost9381]

@@Ralphs-House Haha. To prove what..??? The British came to Norway, after the end of the war, as the upper command of the allied forces, to oversee the disarming of the around 350 000 German troops that stood in Norway. But that had litlle ...or rather nothing to do with the rebuilding of Norway. It was Northern-Norway that was flattened, bombed, burned down, total devastated .....and where were the Brits or anyone else of allied ..... for that matter.... I would like to hear about that..... It was the civilian/private persons around in Norway who helped the devasted population in the Arctic of Norway. Even the Norwegian government that had come back to Norway didn't do to much up in the north.....

[@vwthings]

@@xpost9381 Royal Engineers (Sappers) - look it up. This was part of the repair of some of the infrastructure damaged by the Germans. They didn't rebuild the whole of Norway - how could they. There were two phases - disarm (as you say) and after that, basic repairs. Just because you're not aware of it does not mean it did not happen. It did. The history books tend to concentrate on the years before German surrender - not post-war.

[@xpost9381]

@@vwthings Well, one can also say the oppsite .... just because someone come with a claim of the British "rebuilding Norway" it does not mean that it really has happened. No, I don't know about it..... nor does "look it up". I have tried to search on internet in Norwegian language ....and find nothing about British doing rebuilding. So when Norwegians haven't heard about it .... well.... maybe it was one of the British secret operations...??? Nor do I find anything using English in search on internet. But I am no specialist in that internet thing. So if you could help me out with linkages it would be great. I am always for new knowledge and for correct knowledge. I have no doubt that the commenters father was in Norway - as engineer. It is the claim of "rebuilding" which I question. That the military include a engineering troop - when they are out and around - is nothing unusual. That an engineering troop is needed for sustaining and securing their own military presence, for doing basic repairs for them to communicate and getting around is rather a quite long stretch from claiming doing rebuilding of a nation. As said I would like to hear about it but then be specific and linkages are being appreciated.

[@Martin-ry3ce]

My father was flown to Norway as the Germans surrendered. He was there for over a year and always said that the countryside was wonderful. When he left he was given a wooden bowl hand carved with a greeting and the name of the family who gave him the bowl. I still have that bowl.

[@nairdamorton5148]

My dad was on HMS Norfolk, which took the Royal family back to Norway after the war. I still have his "thank you" certificate, signed by Olav, who later became King. And the Norwegians still send London a very large Christmas tree every year.

[@dadcanufixit]

My grandfather went there too, he brought home 2 brass ashtrays shaped like horse shoes. My sister still has them in her house. I will one day visit Norway to see where he went

[@nairdamorton5148]

@@dadcanufixit , go in the summer, it's superb, went fishing one evening, near Tromso. Went out at about 9, came back in about 5 a.m., daylight the whole time, superb fishing (they look after their seas), magical. Lovely people too. Food is pricey though.☺️☺️🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@dadcanufixit]

@@nairdamorton5148 Thanks for the tip. Trondheim is where i need to get too. Apparently my grandfather sponsored a Norwegian student too.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@nairdamorton5148 yes, winter in Norway is not for the timid, the summers are short but sweet and is the best time to visit add the days are long, beautiful country and people.

[@WolfClinton1]

Good job on this video. My father was in the Norwegian army at the start and was involved in the journey to get the King and the gold out. After this his troop managed to return to Alesund and he escaped on the 'Shetland bus' to Arbroath. Then joined the Norwegian navy based in England, was torpedoed and met my mother as a hospital visitor which brought me and my siblings to the UK. So many stories to feel proud of.

[@hilaryforde9981]

My dad grew up in Larvik during the war. He used to trade food with the Russian prisoners of war. I have some of the toys the prisoners made for my dad. I love Norway and still have family there.

[@arnesandness7554]

My great uncle Arne Sandnes, for whom I am named was in the Norwegian Resistance during the war. He pretended to be a Nazi sympathizer and housed German officers. Then, late at night, he would sneak off into the hills to radio information off to England. He was never caught at it. This was in the area in the southeast of Norway around Sandnes and Stavanger.

[@stansfieldmcelroy]

very cool! F those nazis!

[@johnlane35]

Why didn't he kill them?

[@Hawkeye2001]

@@johnlane35 I suspect the German's would make the locals pay in blood for any outright murders or attacks of German soldiers in the occupied lands. There are accounts of entire villages with everyone murdered in revenge.

[@murphy6700]

@@johnlane35 Better to leave them alive and happy. More intel for the British can be gathered that way. Besides, killing them would have invited a brutal retribution on the family by the Nazis.

[@davidtuttle508]

Thank you for posting this history about your nation. The majority of the Second World War History books, as written, tend to gloss over what occurred in Norway. Same applies for all of the other nations that were seen on the periphery of the combat.

[@andycoatsworth7473]

Thanks for a fascinating insight into a difficult part of Norwegian history. In the summer of 1972 I worked as a student engineer doing maintenance works on the hydro-electric reservoirs and pipelines in the hills above Lillehammer. I worked with two brothers, one of whom had been in the resistance and who brought his food and clothing etc for the day in a rucscac supplied to the resistance by the British. His hatred of the Germans was intense, but his brother didn't share those views. The Chief Engineer of the power company complimented me on having learned some basic Norwegian, but advised me to always start a conversation in English because he said my rudimentary Norwegian made me sound like a German.

[@wendellhosea2617]

Greetings from Hawaii, USA. Very informational. Spent time in Norway. Love the beauty of the land and friendliness of the people. Aloha!

[@6060don]

I once was working at a Camp near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. It was a lovely built next to a lake. It was originally called Little Norway as it was used by the army and air force of Norway to train air men and soldiers.

[@prebenroll6074]

My grandfather was there. He flew fighters over Europe after being trained in Little Norway. My mother said he had shot down 6 or 7 enemy fighters, and that he also was shot down himself once or twice. Unfortunately I never got hear his stories...

[@mapleleafsfan27]

The little Norway memorial is in Bracebridge just down the road from Huntsville. There were other places around the Muskoka region that housed a lot of Norwegians that enlisted in the RAF They trained at the Bracebridge airport. The Norwegian royal family visited them a couple times and my grandmother always talked about seeing the queen of Norway buying a pair of shoes for her son.

[@daveenyart]

Humbling. Kudos and thank you. You gave all of us an essential look at the Norwegian resistance. I am 3/4 Swedish and feel very close to Norway. God bless you and your family. God forever bless Norway.

[@PacoOtis]

Wow! Thanks for the video! As an American military flight instructor I had several of your aviators I trained to become helicopter pilots and we often drank beer and sometimes they discussed what the war had been like for their parents. You people are a tough lot and my hat is off to you! The very best of luck to you and thanks again for the video.

[@tommallon4052]

I guess this explains the Fort Rucker patch.

[@gonefishing167]

It’s amazing how so many ordinary people from many countries were so brave and courageous in defending their homelands against the Nazi tyranny. It’s good to hear some of their actions remembered. Thank you, a very fine video 🙏🙏🙏🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@thecocktailian2091]

The fiercest fighters tend to be those defending their homelands. Wherever those lands might be.

[@andyniblock43]

How I love this beautiful country and its people.🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@philrichardson5726]

My Father was on the HMS Wolfhound that was in Bergen for the German surrender, the locals were starving they used the food the ship had to feed them, running the ovens to make bread, giving their weekly sweet ration to the children, he was very proud of what they did, it made a big change from all the horrors of death and destruction of the previous years, the people were so happy to be free , I still have my dads thank-you certificate signed by the Norwegian King.

[@rickmoore3730]

Nice story . I like to hear theses good tales after such terrible years of hardship . Thanks for sharing .

[@liviadix1433]

I'm watching the " The Atlantic crossing", on PBS, and I'm learning a little of history. I was born in.Europe in the 40's. Lost my father and grandfather fighting for the resistance, so I' m extremely interested in the history of those terrible times Hope, America learns from history.

[@dougholliday467]

I too have watched the series on PBS. So sad, and everybody was affected in a rather negative fashion.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Please note: "Atlantic crossing" is mainly pure fiction. I guess ok entertainment. But nothing more. Knowing the true story, I had to stop watching the show.

[@rudert56]

Amerika is lost. There is little hope.

[@gilbertjones9157]

A close friend of mine who pass away in 2008 was in the RAF during the war. He crashed into Norway in 1943. Born in America to a British Lord and an American Cherokee Woman but were divorced. His mother died before he was 9 and was sent to live with his father in Shanghai China mid 1920's. Step mom there was German so he was sent to the German School, now his fourth language (Shanghainese, German, English, Cherokee). After 1935 pulled out when it went to a Nazi headmaster and into the English school. University in England in '38 joined the RAF having learned to fly under his father. He flew Buffalos. Did not join the USAF because officers only flew while RAF allowed sargents to do so. Wounded after the crash his face bandaged and then scared. Working with the Resistance could speak German like a Norwegian and Norwegian like a German he got by but when posters of his face showed up he knew he had to leave and crossed over to Sweden and spent the rest of the war there. Please can you put forward more videos on that time period we have so little of the days the fly paper held the flys.

[@jasonkeen3777]

his story would make an awesome doco/movie.

[@bruceraykiewicz6274]

As an American of long ago Polish and Italian ancestry, I have the upmost respect for your country. Fighting back against a brutal invader.

[@paulsummerfield6357]

Thank you for sharing your family's story. We've heard all the well known events like Narvik and HMS Cossack's captain boarding the Altmark in one of Norway's many fjords to rescue POWS. Also at Telemark and the heavy water plant. Personal stories like this always seem better. Thank you again 😀

[@howlinsg1968]

Congratulations, you fought back against evil and now everything is great. And now you have complete freedom and unfettered ability to choose your own destiny in this world.

[@danastanke8775]

I really enjoyed this. I traveled around Norway in 1973 and stayed in Trondheim with a gentleman who fought with the British in WWII. As per others' comments, I knew nothing in detail about the occupation of Norway. Fascinating. Thank you for the much-needed information! And P.S., the narrator's English is superb!

[@sr633]

While on jury duty I met a lady from Norway who was there during the war. She told me they hid their guns in the forest as the Germans stayed away from these vast woods. She said they hid their radio in their bird house.

[@dereky.6647]

Wonderfully concise and informative. Takk!

[@simonorch]

There is much more written on the skirmish at Halgebu and isn't much of a mystery any longer. One of, but not the only case of Norwegians fighting against Norwegians during ww2. The German force came from SS-Polizei-Skijäger bataillon 506, a mixed force of German police and Norwegian waffen-SS. In the course of the fighting 7 men from the German side would die, 4 German police and 3 Norwegian SS, one of whom had been taken prisoner by the resistance and summarily executed, they also suffered 7 wounded, so, in terms of casualties both sides were pretty much even.

[@MegaBoilermaker]

A well made and accurate video. Your people's ressistance to german tyrrany is remembered and respected here in UK.

[@mathbrown9099]

This provides me with answers to many of my questions about my ancestral home during WWII.

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

Thanks for sharing this history!

[@simontmn]

Good stuff Lars!

[@norvigosracing6948]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@zacktong8105]

As always a complicated story among many which continued bitterly for many years and in the memories of subsequent generations to this day.

[@Rob-fx2dw]

Excellent video. Most interesting and revealing of the complications that flowed through from the occupation.

[@thomasaffolter4386]

This was a piece of the war in Norway I knew little about. Thanks

[@Horizon344]

Nice piece of work, the Shetlandsbussene would also make an interesting film.

[@espennilsen2920]

they made a movie about shetlands Larsen which told this story.

[@BuzzSargent]

Well done! Enjoyed your presentation very much.

[@PUAlum]

Fascinating stuff! Thank you so much for posting it.

[@usmale4915]

Great video. Very informative and well presented. Thank you so much for this video!

[@terrylarkin690]

They were courageous and it must of been horrible I'm of Swedish and Irish heritage and coming from Minnesota where's there quite a lot of Scandinavians I hope that our Public schools will start teaching history because most youth today haven't got a clue what we went through in WW2 and are other wars. If our Government doesn't wake up to lost history we are all in trouble. We must stand up and demand that history be a priority in our schools.

[@jeffhallel8211]

Don't let the sharia police take over your state.

[@georgebarnes8163]

Tiny country, Tiny population, massive hearts.

[@Alex-yz6uq]

Norway is not a tiny country.

[@serenityinside1]

George is an ignoramus

[@WarEagleObie]

Thank you for posting this video. It’s outstanding! Since seeing the movie, “The Heroes of Telemark,” many years ago, I’ve had an interest in the Norwegian resistance. However, I’ve never been able to find much about it. I met and talked with one of your countrymen, Bernt Balchen, in 1969, just a few years before he died. He told me a little about the resistance, and I believe he may have been personally involved. We talked more about aviation, though. Keep up the good work!

[@davidchutchings]

Thank You for Documenting and Sharing. Both my wife and I have direct connections to Norway. We knew of the courage of our ancestors. But to see the cabin and hear the stories is very special. Thank You for sharing

[@stansfieldmcelroy]

this was a really well presented video

[@petrofilmeurope]

Godt håndverk og manus. Interessant film. Takk.

[@mathbrown9099]

Ganske sa.

[@hsoderberg9929]

I'm learning so much from 'Atlantic Crossing ' now showing in the States on PBS.

[@lordemed1]

i do not see a problem. The Norwegian Resistance did what was necessary and required. They are to be commended.

[@lokischildren7862]

Desperate time call for desperate measures

[@badmonkey2222]

@@lokischildren7862 damn right

[@oceanhome2023]

Yes for sure they had a few Quislings that added up to be more of an annoyance than anything else , Norway’s pride sees nothing of these . I also would not be upset that some of your countrymen joined the Waffen SS . It truly is a complex War that will never be entirely explained. I have studied this war my whole life yet I hear new things everyday , like this channel !

[@hoyvinmayvin9266]

@@oceanhome2023 They feared the communists more than the nazis. They had already seen what the communists did to the farmers. Quisling worked with Fritjof Nansen in the Ukraine in the 20's, and knew very well what could happen if communism spread to Norway.

[@tomjoseph1444]

Great video! Didn't realize how many M1 Carbines had been sent. Even though I have studied military history most of my life, I know very little about Norway's role. I am curious though on a separate subject. How on earth did you obtain a 1970's Captains shirt from the Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker?

[@leonardmartinez5383]

Thank you for educating those of us who are just now learning of Norway's courageous fight during this important part of WWII history. I was mesmerized with the PBS Masterpiece Theater "Atlantic Crossing" series. And now your documentary offers viewers a profound perspective of Norway's historical fight for democracy.

[@IvarNesheim]

Really good stuff. Good craftmanship!

[@Absorption77]

You are wearing the Army Aviation Training School patch. Did you spend some time at Fort Rucker?

[@rockyroadblues100]

Great job ,subbed you greets from Ireland

[@georgebarnes8163]

You do realise that the Irish leader at the time namely the Spanish /Yank inbreed De Valera was pro Nazi and was in fact the only leader of a country to hand in his personal condolences when Hitler topped himself.

[@lancecaldwell3874]

Very well done. I just watched.Atlantic Crossing and that series realy brought light to a country that has in my opinion been absent. For those who fought for thier freedom; will always have my respect and admiration. Peace be with you.

[@Wolffjord]

Very good Lars

[@toffenloffen8033]

have heard stories about narvik from the war. do you have any videos about it?

[@ToreVupius]

Fin fortælling af en interessant historie!

[@howardnielsen6220]

Thank You

[@6060don]

Preben Roll I am pleased to hear your story. There were many stories about Little Norway in the area. The training that the men from Norway was intense. This area of Canada has long cold winters with lots of snow. These men were probably right at home. If your father was a flier he may have been at Little Norway for a brief time because if he was trained to fly in Canada he could be posted to Western Canada or Southern Ontario where there were many training bases. I do know that at little Norway they had seaplanes and some training could have taken place there. There has been changes to the environment around the area of Little Norway but to the east in Algonquin Provincial Park you can see more easily what it may have been like in WWII. I have canoed there many years ago.

[@nickbenfell4327]

Thank you.

[@randolphciurlino7255]

Thank you. As an American I know little of what happened in Norway. People should remember what resistance fighters did to stop the Nazis. I have subscribed. Thank you again for this.

[@stephenburnage7687]

I had the great privilege to live and work in Norway during the early 80's. Was surprised just how warmly disposed most Norwegians were to Brits (especially Scott's), because of the war experience. Conversely, there was a nervousness of Germany but the real animosity was directed against Sweden, due to their role in facilitating the German invasion. I was involved in building up the Norwegian oil industry and the guiding rule was not one cent was to go to Sweden.

[@TheophilusBoone]

Most excellent films. I will see them all.

[@robmiller1964]

As a New Zealander who is a quarter Norwegian I am fascinated by desire to learn more about this beautiful country which also has wonderful Fjords!

[@jmofalltrades]

Great video! Minor thing in your summary of literary sources at the very end: "Fallskjermer over Vassfaret" was written by Paul M. Strande, not Paul Strange. Probably just a tiny spelling error on your part ;-)

[@NorthernHistory]

Thanks for the info!

[@cliffdexter38]

I really liked this documentary. Great Job and even greater subject. For some reason I'm fascinated with Norway's ww2 experience. There is so little known about what happened on land. Plenty of info on the sea battles but I really appreciate the story's of the Army's land battles and the resistance efforts. I'd love to know more. Norway is Awesome !

[@peterwilkinson2912]

Really enjoy your work and learning so much about your history. So this was a battle where Norwegian men fought Norwegian men (and German men)?

[@NorthernHistory]

Yes, there were Norwegians on both sides.

[@candygirl6323]

collaborators are always a constant factor for any country... England, Canada, the USA etc, .peoples loyalties will shift with the wind in dire times....history has shown this...

[@robstai9110]

Fascinating story, one I was not aware of. I would be interested to know more about the number of soldiers involved, on both sides, if that information is available.

[@nwofoe2866]

also, questions about Sweden and Nazis can be answered but is complicated. Yes, they helped the Nazis early by transporting them to Finland border in north, to fight the Russians who invaded Finland. But Sweden also wanted good relations with Britain for shipping reasons. It takes more time to explain the whole story.

[@Lassi117]

very interesting

[@ThiagoSantosdeMoraes]

Where's the link to the first part?

[@brianknowles7130]

If anybody doesn't know and is interested, the ' Shetland Bus ' story give some more information. I was lucky enough to hear the story whilst working for a short time in The Shetlands managed to buy a hardback copy book of the story and even get signed by some trawler men who were involved. Much admiration and respect to all of them.

[@JG-mp5nb]

Well told account. Thanks to those who resisted!

[@6060don]

mapleleafsfan27 I had forgotten about the Bracebridge airport next to the Hwy. 11 it would have been fine for training. I didn't know about the memorial either. My father told me about the many Norwegians that came over to Canada to train during WWII. We lived at Sundridge which is not too far from the Bracebridge area. I learned recently that in the First World War there was a training base for the Army at Sundridge. Who knew. This is a great video. Well done. Thanks for sharing your story. By the way you have my condolences with regard the Leafs. I like the number though Mahavolich and Sittler. That's when they were great!

[@oldranger649]

I LOVE READING the fan-comments; excellent. As a 1/4 Norwegian and another 1/4 Mutt Scandinavian and English and so on.. I have some affinity. I appreciate the subtlety of your presentation. Oh! My Goodness! I just saw that you are a Petersen; that is my Grand Mother's Maiden Name. Jeg angrer på at jeg ikke snakket norsk, men alle mine forfedre var opptatt med å bli amerikanske.

[@cacampbell3654]

I enjoyed this documentary so very much!! Thank you for making it!!! ❤️🌟👌🏾🤗🥰 I usually prefer to learn history from high quality historical fiction/drama, that works hard to keep the details meticulously accurate. And adds or subtracts for dramatic purposes as little as possible. Would love to watch a drama like the one made about the two Czech resistance fighters that successfully assassinated Heydrich and the terrible (barbaric ✅) reprisals. These stories need to be told to a global audience. And in a form that goes beyond the potential of documentaries, in terms of reaching people who won’t or simply don’t watch them! It’s the telling of the stories to people willing to listen, again and again, that breathes life into slogans like ‘Never Forget’!

[@willienolegs8928]

More stories,please.

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

Great story with real atmosphere created by your telling. Did you know the word Quisling became adopted in the English language to mean traitor or collaborator with the enemy?

[@sidekickbob7227]

That's well known. During the war, someone draw a comic in one of the illegal news papers. It showed Quisling meeting Hitler in his office. Quisling says "hello mein Führer, I'm Quisling", and Hitler replies "and your name is?" (Quisling did meet Hitler once, and it's told that secret information/drawings was smuggled out of Germany, hidden in one of the wheels of his aircraft. )

[@paladin0654]

Did you go to Rucker to train?

[@Mrtweet81]

Hvor finner jeg del 1?

[@NorthernHistory]

Hei, episode 1? Den er her: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6spId6iLmIqLs

[@southenglish1]

Ja, vi elsker dette landet! "Yes, we love this country"!

[@raedwulf61]

My grandfather in Sandefjord buried the family radio in the garden. A minor act of resistance, but he wasn't going to surrender it to the Germans. At war's end, he dug it up.

[@granvillefery]

Great video, I hope in a future videos you mention the part that the red army played in liberating large parts of Northern norway

[@exothermicforstability7915]

nice

[@cherylbean521]

Interesting

[@markmobius4762]

I spent 3 1/2 years at Kolsas (AFNORTH) I was British army. Great country and GREAT people.

[@martentrudeau6948]

Wonderful history, I think that was a very smart way for the Resistance Fighters to end the battle at Haglebuvannet and it was the best way to end the conflict for both sides, peace was coming any way, Germany was on verge of collapse, it was only a matter of time a in 1945. It was a wise battle plan for everyone.

[@cdnsk12]

The article says that many of the "Germans", were in fact Norwegians in the German Forces. So likely the Norwegians didn't want to kill other Norwegians even if they were in the German Military.

[@martentrudeau6948]

@@cdnsk12 ~ Northern Europeans are related anyway and Germans and Norwegians are not natural enemies, it's the money and politics that create wars, the average person has nothing to do with it, except fight the wars for the rich and powerful, and be canon fodder.

[@oceanhome2023]

NO MORE BROTHERS WARS EVER !!!!

[@davidolien2828]

I am proud to be Norwegian American.

[@tobiashelgesen9]

Utrolig bra lagd video 👍

[@amyrichard3203]

Twenty years ago I talked to a German soldier retired and living in Florida. named Ziegner, who was wounded on all three Russian fronts, north, middle and south. They were going to send him back a fourth time, but they misspelled his name to the more common Ziegler, and instead he was sent to Norway for the last few months of the war. Which he seemed to enjoy, after Russia. He said it saved his life. A tough guy with three wounds, he showed me one of them. 85 years old, drinking a Becks and smoking a big cigar. Friendly as can be...

[@TFlexxx]

"Quisling" is today a word in English meaning "traitor". It comes from references in England to the Norwegian Quisling during the war.

[@saandvi]

Quisling is pretty much a synonym to "traitor" in Norwegian. You can find this word in Norwegian dictionaries.

[@robertmatch6550]

@Westman. A great traitor man.

[@orgonsolo6291]

Was looking for bloodiest battle in Norwegian History, this was the result... Glad it tuned out well for the militias. And gotta hand it to old King Olav, he spoke way better english than Stoltenberg does these days

[@NorthernHistory]

Thanks for watching! I don't doubt king Olav had plenty of time to refine his English while in Britain.

[@xpost9381]

Sorry, this video has nothing with anything close to "the bloodiest battle in Norway" as you call it.

[@Mrtweet81]

That wasn’t King Olav talking, that was the creator reading the script the King used…

[@kentabrahamsson]

Thank you for the interesting content. A question though. It's sometimes mentioned that there were more Norwegians joining Waffen SS than joining the Resistance, were there any comparisons made? I don't know the numbers but I have read that the opportunity to fight Soviet (that was not popular either since the Soviet attack on Finland) was important.

[@NorthernHistory]

It would make an interesting comparisson. The waffen SS numbers should in theory be pretty verifiable, since the Germans loved their paperwork. But making an exact number of local resistance should prove more difficult.

[@martinaberg6157]

@@NorthernHistory close to 5000 norwegians wolounteered WaffenSS...

[@Lynlloyd]

As Martin Åberg pointed out, the number of Norwegians who joined Waffen SS was roughly 5,000. According to Professor Olav Njålstad at the University of Oslo, the number who joined Milorg came in at around +40,000. Mind you, Milorg was the military part of the resistance - recognised by the government in London as a part of the Norwegian Army. On top of the 40,000, one must add Communist resistance groups (rather small in numbers) and not least, the civilian part of the resistance. The civilian part was in many ways just as dangerous as taking part in military training and operations and though it is difficult to assess just how many who took part, the number must be in the tens of thousands rather than thousands. Roughly 30,000 Norwegian sailors and seamen worked for the Norwegian merchant fleet, providing vital infrastructure for the allies at great risk due to the German submarine fleet. Being every bit as much as a seafaring nation as Britain, my own home away from home, the Norwegian government in London chose to prioritise the Navy and according to the Encyclopedia "Store Norske Leksikon", the Norwegian navy consisted of a total of 118 ships manned by 7,400 sailors. In addition, 4 Norwegian fighter squadrons were established during the war, staffed by roughly 3,400 personnel. Mind you, all personnel serving in the air force, navy, merchant fleet and army had to be recruited from Norwegians living in exile or had managed to flee Norway via Sweden or the North Sea which sort of narrows it down. Last but not least, 13.000 Norwegians received military training while refugees in Sweden under cover of being auxiliary police, recruited from the about 50.000 Norwegians who had to flee to Sweden during the war. The total population in Norway during the war stood at about 3 million people.

[@kentabrahamsson]

@@Lynlloyd Thanks for your great summary. Wikipedia however states that about 15,000 Norwegians volunteered for combat duty on the Nazi side; of the 6,000 sent into action as part of the Germanic SS, most were sent to the Eastern front. Also in Wikipedia, over 28.000 were arrested for collaboration after the war and about 20.000 were sentenced.

[@mikeysteelie7704]

A real life example of the movie "Red Dawn"! Enjoy

[@internet-1856]

Grundig video. Respekt!

[@NorthernHistory]

Takk!

[@stekarknugen9258]

Interesting to see how the resistance fighters seemed to prefer smaller handier weapons like the M1 Carbine and sten guns.

[@NorthernHistory]

Yes, though they used whatever they could get their hands on, and what could be supplied from Britain at their time.

[@silentdeath7847]

The sten gun at least, im my memory don't betray me. Was easy to conseal under a coat or something.

[@simonbeck3701]

@@silentdeath7847 Yes. It was very good as a close quarters weapon, and thus perfect for urban fighting. But the British and ? the US perhaps thought that the US made M1 Carbine which had twice the range would be more suitable for rural combat, where the range was greater.

[@oceanhome2023]

I have fired the M1 Carbine many times and it is quite more powerful than any MP and I would chose it over the Carabina98 any day.

[@neilmurray6943]

God Bless A Free Norway!

[@georgeasmundwiik6688]

My father was a merchant Seaman, during this time. He ended up in UK. Where he met my mum. He came From Alesund. And i have a photograph. Of him with Kong OLAV Yeah. Takk.🤔😗😙

[@erlendlundvall]

What was his name? Do you know the name of the ship(s) he served on?

[@georgeasmundwiik6688]

@@erlendlundvall Hei Erland. Hyliiggi bra. Ja. Han heter Aksel byarne wiik, nai jeg ikke ikke kenner en ship's but the Photograph is from the Palace in Oslo, where He and my mum. Was Present. Also. My Father Knew the king. In a Personal capacity. Yeah,

[@aronandreas]

Takk til 7 helter.

[@phillipecook3227]

The story of young men across occupied Europe who willingly joined German military unts is an inconvenient truth which will never be written.

[@PeterOkeefe54]

given the state of things today turns out they were correct in joining the german fight against communism

[@peterwoods5310]

Each country overrun by the Nazis could be relied upon to provide a fighting contingent for Himmler's SS.

[@Resologist]

Plenty of fascists, then and now, who will stupidly obey any tyrants and oppress human rights for their own petty profit,

[@alanmydland5210]

May you always be ready

[@jefflilly5819]

What happened to the Norwegian Traders?

[@geirsakariassen4728]

about 80,000 had to go to court, but it stopped there due to lack of space, to some were executed

[@patriciabracken7546]

Beautiful Norway. 💝💗💖💕💞

[@truthmediarebel5816]

What happened to the traitors?