WWII DOCUMENTARY FILM “ BATTLE FOR NORWAY ” OSLO NARVIK TELEMARK 89184

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This documentary film is about the Battle for Norway during WW2, 1940-1945. The Germans invaded the neutral country in 1940. The invasion set off a resistance by Norwegian underground forces. The film opens with the changing of the guard outside of the Royal Palace in Oslo (:17). King Olaf V (:39) speaks to the severe under-preparedness of Norway prior to WWII and how this event led to the nation joining NATO (1:24). The Germans chose to invade Norway due to its long coast line and the Narvik port. On April 8th, 1940, Allies informed Norway that mine fields had been set up in Norway’s territorial waters in an effort to hamper the German invasion (2:06). King Haakon VII (2:29). The Norwegian Army consisted of only 13,000 men with no tanks and with few heavy guns. Their air force was outdated and had only 125 pilots (2:36), and was no match for the Luftwaffe (2:43). The Germans attack on April 9th, 1940 (2:49). Norway received a warning four days prior but failed to mobilize reservists (3:08). Oslo surrendered as the King and his government fled (3:13). Paratroopers collapse chutes (3:27). German’s managed to capture all of Norway’s key points within 12 hours as well as Denmark within one day (3:31). Amazingly, German General Commander Nicholas von Falkenhorst had been in Norway posing as a silk stocking salesman prior to the invasion (3:46). Major Vidkun Quisling (4:02), a Norwegian fascist, proclaimed himself as head of the new government (4:02). On April 10th, 1940, panic erupted as a rumor spread British forces were going to shell the city (4:30). The rumor was dispelled by nightfall. In the countryside, Norwegians mobilized forces (4:58) sending some to guard the government that fled to Elverum (5:05). The King was pursued by German Ambassador, Dr. Curt Brauer who attempted to intimidate him into supporting Quisling’s government; the King refused (5:29). Elverum was then decimated (6:32) and Nazi’s hunted for Haakon (6:42) and members of his government including Trygve Lie (future Secretary General of the U.N.). Thousands of Norwegians were forced to surrender (7:34) though many continued fighting supported by British fleets and Allied convoys. In April, the Allies landed in Narvik, Namsos, Molde and Andalsnes (7:54). They were able to destroy Narvik’s vital port installations and liberate some Norwegians. Allies were forced to withdraw from Narvik on June 8th (10:02). The Germans struck at France (10:06). The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, was replaced by Winston Churchill in 1940 (10:11). Haakon and his ministers fled to Britain to establish a government in exile (10:34). Quisling was thrown out from government six days after the invasion, though he was reinstated as a puppet Minister President in 1942 (10:58). Real power was held by German Reichskommisar Josef Terboven (11:11). Initially, Nazi’s used a velvet glove approach (11:23) though by September, the Gestapo was unleashed and concentration camps were set up; the largest being Grini (11:44). Major Canut Hoaglin (12:12), speaks on the resistance efforts of teachers who refused to teach fascist ideals (13:10) as well as the priests who refused to preach Hitler’s new religion (13:40). Norwegian volunteers and British commandos hit Maaloy and Vaagso (14:29) destroying fish factories, oil tanks (14:58) and shipping installations. Supplies were dropped to the 30,000 men and women of the resistance (16:25). Unloading radio equipment (16:40) which was used to report movements of the pocket battleships Bismarck, Tirpitz and the battlecruiser Scharnhorst (16:45). 300 underground newspapers sprang up (16:55) and names such as Max Manus of the Oslogjengen became famous. Hidden camera footage of the Gestapo stopping and frisking a civilian (17:23). The Norwegian hydro-electric plant at Telemark was sabotaged in February of 1943 (18:01). This plant produced heavy water which Allies feared the Nazis were using to create atomic bombs. After a failed British attempt to hit the plant, six Norwegians including Major Knut Haugland were given the task (18:05). The attack was successful (18:24) and American bombers finished the job (18:35). Allied Air forces hit the German fleet in 1944 (19:01) and Russians crossed into Norway. On May 7th, 1945 Norway was liberated (19:46). Quisling collaborators arrested (19:54), Josef Terboven blew himself up, and Quisling was shot by a firing squad (20:27). The return (22:05) of the legitimate government and the Crown Prince and King (22:21).
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[@VincentComet-l8e]

Unfortunately, the grievous naval losses of the Germans during the invasion are not mentioned. A brand-new heavy cruiser was sunk in Oslo Fjord by Norwegian gunfire and torpedoes. The British bottled up ten modern German destroyers in Narvik Fjord - then hunted them down and sank the lot! There were other losses too, and their navy never really recovered from the scale of the sinkings.

[@troofveritas8233]

Yes I believe underwater mining of Oslo Fjord by the Norwegian Navy with assistance from the British (and by proxy the US).

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

And the Tirpitz sister ship of the Bismarck was also bombed to bits in Norway and capsized took years after the war to remove the wreck. Norway the graveyard of the german navy sucked to be a German sailor in Norway that's for sure

[@oddsteinardybvad-raneng]

Unfortunately, you say? Unfortunately!! Unfortunately, the grievous naval losses of the Germans during the invasion are not mentioned. Why the hell should they be mentioned? The Germans were the aggressors!! Well, I shall also say, unfortunately. Unfortunately, there was not more damage done to the Germans and their Nazi regime! If they had not attacked Norway there wouldn't have been any German damage or loss. Also, remember that Norway was a neutral country and Germany didn't even declare war on Norway, they just tried to march over the country and take what was not theirs without any warning. This they did on most of the countries they attacked.

[@VincentComet-l8e]

@@oddsteinardybvad-raneng Why so angry - I think we're on the same side here...

[@christopherwagner2395]

This is indeed an unfortunate omission

[@lindaanne1683]

What a great documentary. Thanks for sharing ! Recognized Walter Cronkite’s voice right away.

[@VeronEK1988]

Manus... Max Manus. I love that film about him and his group. Norway is also a beautiful country.

[@downbaddanny4388]

It’s very understated how hard and vigilantly the Norwegian Army/ Resistance fought against the Axis.

[@fandangofandango2022]

Must Be a Beautiful Place.

[@diddlysquat88]

Look at Norway today.. I'd say we all lost ww2

[@ohmkruger3373]

Gefange treten das kann jeder.

[@adamcheklat7387]

4:07: Ex-Bolshevik? He hated Communism, how can he be an ex-Bolshevik?

[@davidconnelly9456]

Quisling!

[@dubh_glas95]

It blows my mind that Norway, once a Viking nation, had succumbed to Germanys tactics

[@horseman217]

How does 1000 year old history connect in anyway to WW2 warfare? What?

[@ralphreinert]

"It blows my mind that Norway, once a Viking nation, had succumbed to Germanys tactics" Of course the Germans were soon defeated. With a little help from the other Allied forces. 😉

[@samsquach3799]

Horrible war, horrible background music.

[@jonnyting71]

As opposed to all the nice wars with nice music?

[@kpyng]

This was from the CBS-TV series "The Twentieth Century."...

[@aidanstewart909]

I would have been honored to defend my homeland. 🇳🇴

[@johnmcmullan9741]

Unlike the majority of Norwegians who clearly served the Nazis and force serious questions re who Norway was really supporting during WWII. Resistance against the Nazis in Norway was incredibly weak in numbers. Churchill had his suspicions and demanded on more than one occasion that the Norwegians 'pulled their thumbs out'. Why did the Norway government, before it 'infiltrated' London, reject an Anglo-French force being stationed in Norway? Neutrality doesn't seem to hold up to much scrutiny, given how most of the Norway population seemed happy to accommodate the Nazis, with very high levels of consensual relations and cooperation following the 'invasion' of Norway in 1940. It seems Norwegians overall actually helped facilitate the uninterrupted flow of much-needed resources from Scandinavia to Nazi Germany, not just enthusiastically rounding up and deporting Jews to Nazi death camps on the continent. It only became perceived unanimously, in Norway, that Germany 'invaded' in 1945, after it became clear Germany had lost the war. Even to this day, one can sense, if he listens carefully enough, how many Norwegians often glorify Germany whilst expressing anti-British sentiment. Presumably, some Norwegians still long for a 'Greater Germanic Reich'. The so-called Nordic model was based on National Socialist (Nazi) populism that plagued 1930s Germany and what appears to have been (and still might be) a social-engineering programme based on flawed Nazi ideology being followed by Norway for decades post-WWII. It pays to fact-check, clinically, Norway and its history.

[@robdegraw1568]

Sounds like walter cronkite narrative

[@ddburdette]

I can confirm that was Walter Cronkite. See my comment above.

[@lovecat4everxxx401]

🌺 My grandad was at Grini 4 years, my grandmother hid a radio for gestapo. We will never forget it is in our soul 💔 🇳🇴

[@mikes7639]

From the gestapo you mean ?

[@hansmarheim7620]

​@@mikes7639 You Are right. Thats what he means. I am 58. I had a wesk of work for Deuche Bahn in Hannover a year agi. . They are still nazies. I really hate them and are sorry rhey are in NATO.

[@amindahmani3513]

Where is the French foreign legion that landed at Narvik ?

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice historical film. Cheers

[@endajordan4406]

Love the Norwegian solders kicking the Germans up the ass...

[@Jinxyjones]

Thank you so much for these uploads

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[@PeterPan-iz1kk]

@@PeriscopeFilm Which year was the original film (Battle for Norway) made, please? This is important information and should always be a part of the info given for an upload like this (historic documentary). Thanks!

[@jorgebravo415]

Norge er en fint land.❤

[@qazdr6]

In what year was this film produced?

[@thesaffronbharat]

Great Nazi lost for bad weather ... otherwise they could have capture enitire asia with India

[@BjornHeiden]

I respect and love India. I want to ask, how do the majority think of Germany and Britain during this period? मैं भारत का सम्मान और प्यार करता हूं। मैं पूछना चाहता हूं कि इस अवधि के दौरान बहुसंख्यक जर्मनी और ब्रिटेन के बारे में क्या सोचते हैं?

[@dalj4362]

​@Björn Heiden Maybe you would have preferred it if Britian surrendered? Would have saved a million British lives if they did.

[@albions]

Why is not the sinking of blucher mentioned? :O

[@millerforester6237]

There is a battle for Norway right now. It is in Palestine. Include me out (of Norway). Hamas is another Gestapo.

[@navvdi]

liked to se moore about the military resistans like that in Hegra with Major Holterman and the policetroops trained in Sweden. Also more of the resistans in North Norway and the Sovjet troops that where allied. Well thats much more but jau cant get evryting in one "movie"

[@drageben145]

A wrong fact here is that Quisling was a bolshevik from all i know Quisling was never a communist, but rather he was a associated with bondepartiet now senterpartiet which is a centrist party which focus on rural and farming issues before he became a fascist He became a fascist after he saw certain horrors within the sovietunion while he was working with Fridtjof Nansen He then created Nasjonal Samling

[@kristianas8180]

An army of 13000 is not correct. 60-70k is more like it.

[@Ardjano234]

Apparently the Dutch army put up not such a pathetic resistance after all, compared to Norway and Denmark

[@BjornHeiden]

Norway lasted longer than France

[@victorspanbauer7710]

989 comments

[@Ggordonhorseballs]

Way to get it done Norwegians.

[@erickrobertson7089]

Ever read "Skis Against the Atom"?

[@ssg9offical]

🇳🇴

[@johnv7317]

Love the narrator in this WWII documentary. He almost sounds like Walter Cronkite himself.

[@kpyng]

It IS Walter Cronkite, actually...

[@johnv7317]

@@kpyng Cool thank you for telling me. :)

[@bokvarv1926]

April 9th 1940 is when Nazi Germany "lost" the war.....the naval losses were too significant and later so irreplacable that they could not win the battle of the atlantic and thus they lost the war.

[@Jeronimus8090]

3:12 parachutes. 8:45 naval battle. 11:52

[@snorttroll4379]

churchill was bought by the focus.

[@Viaklys]

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[@thesunofkurdistan6521]

Kurdistan for ever inşallah

[@abanerjee5066]

King Haakon running away with his Ministers away from Nazis in the wood. It doesn't fit the description of a true Viking.

[@mortenandersen2885]

F**k you... he was still the King and brought his ministers and the entire parliament to England. He never abdicated. The alternative was to be captured by the Germans and that would only have weakened Norwegian resistance to the Nazis. My parents lived through that hell, I was born after the war ended and we all immigrated to Canada in 1951, I know what I'm talking about. You don't.

[@clarencelafuentes4801]

The capable leaders should evade. Usually, every culture would want serene living. Compromises would be part if the agreement(s). Exampnes: Christians can attend services, yet certain days may be stated, and the times. There could be curfew established.

[@abanerjee5066]

@@clarencelafuentes4801 But you are missing my whole point. As you say if he is that capable then why the hell run away?

[@dancostello6465]

@@abanerjee5066 More reading may be necessary for you to realize overwhelming superiority of the Nazi menace in land, air and sea, weapons, ships, armament, guns and manpower as compared to the Norwegians. Your question indicates a lack of context or understanding. "A True Viking" seems a stereotype. The Norwegian Monarchs are a blend of Royal European bloodlines. "Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom..."

[@ralphreinert]

Of course King Haakon VII was not a Viking, the Viking age having ended almost a thousand years earlier. Indeed one could argue King Haakon wasn't even a Norwegian having been born a prince of Denmark until being elected king by the Norwegian parliament in 1905.

[@rjanbrathenbarholt.5417]

OLD US PROPAGANDA .

[@kirrausanov]

«Если мы увидим, что выигрывает Германия, то нам следует помогать России, если выигрывать будет Россия, то нам следует помогать Германии, и, таким образом, пусть они убивают как можно больше» - заявлeние сенаторa и будущeгo президентa США Гарри Трумэнa корреспонденту «Нью-Йорк Тайм», 23 июня 1941 года * Дорогие сверстники в Европe, прежде чем, вы уменьшите роль народов нашей страны в разгроме германского-европейского фашизма вспомните о небескорыстной(!) промышленно-финансовой поддержке оказаной режиму Гитлера Западом... в том числе - США. (Henry Ford, Averell Harriman, John D. Rockefeller, Prescott Bush, Montagu Norman, John Jay McCloy, Charles Bedaux, Axel Wenner-Gren...). Казалось бы моральная опора западно-христианской цивилизации - Ватикан до сих пор не признал своей вины за помощь, которую он оказывал после войны гитлеровским палачам особенно тем совершившим военные преступления в Восточной Европе и Югослвии. После падения континентальной Европы законопослушные обыватели Парижа, Брусселя, Осло, Копенгагена... не говоря уже о "оккупированной" Вене безболезненно привыкли/приспособились к немецкой оккупация в версии "софт". Западным Европейцам и скандинавам как братьям-арийцам геноцид нe угрожал так как для истребления предназначались евреи, славянe и другиe недочеловеки (menschliche Minderware). Довольно цивилизованная жизнь и совсем уважительное сосуществование с гитлеровским оккупантом датчан, норвегов, бельгийцев и французов особенно во Французском Государстве коллаборационистского режима Виши (в Южной Франции) была несравнимой с геноцидной политикой Третьего Рейха на "диком Востоке". Были и есть среди нас ничтожные предатели, националисты, ксенофобы, антисемиты и расисты но их ненависть никогда не сотрёт с надгробных стелл русские, украинские, белорусские, азиятские, кавказские и... еврейские имена и фамилии на разброшенных по всей центральной и Восточний Европе советских военных кладбищах. Mолодые европейцы... и вы американцы тоже... Запомните, что в Краcной Армии мы - в отличии от американской - безпощадно искореняли расовую и... "гендерную" сегрегацию. Для вас даже наше свящённое определение ”Родина-Мать" олицетваряет "сексизм". Эти термины не плод умов наших поскольку человечность издавна и есть частью наших культурных ценностей. Не мы а ваши отцы и деды их придумали... только потому, что ваши предкам никогда не была дана возможность унизить сибиряка, калмыка, башкира, чуваша, тувинца, татарина, чеченца... да - уж не дай бог - обидить нашу "бабу". И вам не советую пробовать а то и получите бесплатный ускоренный курс обучения мултикультурализму, расовой терпимости, феминизму и... политкорректности. Американцы и австралийцы неохотно вспоминают расовую сегрегацию во всех областях общественной жизни, которая просуществовала до 60-ых годов ХХ века. Немцы и австрийцы во время пребывания в техаских лагерях для военнопленных никак не могли понять почему белые американцы относились лучше к ним чем к своим чернокожим сослуживцам. Бывшие cолдаты Роммеля пользовались столовой с надписью "Whites-only". Бельгийцы, вы помните Экспо 1958 с выставкой живых чернокожих "экспонатов" из колониального Конго: мужчин, женщин и детей, задачей которых было учить и развлекать белых европейцев и проповедовать идею превосходства людей белой расы. У ограды толпились белые, ухоженные люди со своими ангельскими детишками. Они смеялись и издевались над конголезцами, а самые развязные бросали через ограду деньги и бананы. Этот «человеческий зоопарк» находился не так уж далеко от сегодняшних брюссельских офисов Евросоюза. Тем временем наши советские школники из всех уголков нашей многонациональной страны посещали ВДНХ в Москве. Напомню Baм, что c 1949 по 1991 год в советских вузах получили образование более 500 тыс. человек из 150 стран четверть из них из Африки. Для Запада человеческие зоопарки, подобные этому, не были в диковинку. Они регулярно организовывались в Лондоне, Париже, Осло и Гамбурге. В Нью-Йорке в 1906 году в зоопарке в Бронксе к обезьянам в вольер на потеху публике даже подселили молодого конголезца. Первые концентрационные лагеря были созданы иммено в Африке немцами и британцами в рамках иx "колониально-цивилизационной миссии". Hаконец мой главный к вам посыл. Западные друзья, во время Второй мировой войны вы боролись за демократию, свободу и ваши цивилизационные ценности. Мы на Востоке боролись за б и о л о г и ч е с к о е выживание/существование. Американцы украшали свои танки кличками "Daisy May" или "Donald Duck", на башнях наших танков виднелись надписи "За родину","Бей фашистов" и "На Берлин". Наши тогдашние враги, немцы, ни в чём "не виноватые" австрийцы и прадеды многих современных европейцев, которые - на свою беду - в 1941 году пришли незваные на нашу землю с огнём и мечом - слишком поздно это осознали. Как бы ни хотелось западным историкам уменьшить роль Рабоче-крестьянской Красной армии в разгромe Гитлеровской Германии им не удастся обмануть статистику: Из всех погибших военнослужащих Третьего рейха 75% оставили свои кости на Восточном фронте. Думаю, что имменно простые советские солдаты отучили (надеюсь навсегда) немцев и австрийцев от милитаризмa и похoдoв на Восток (Drang nach Osten/Lebensraum).

[@BjornHeiden]

Show me a single signed document, recording or speech by Hitler or any of his associates advocating for genocide in Eastern Europe. I’ll wait.

[@Opedanderson]

My family was torn apart by the invasion. Repercussions within the family lasted until my parents generation died off Half my family collaborated and the other resisted at great personal risk . My father escaped to England to join the RAF. His father, my grandfather, chose to collaborate and became a proud member of the Nasjonal Samling the Nazi party. I disagree with Walter Cronkite that the NS were without power. The population was TERRIFIED of NS. and like it or not, many Norwegians felt betrayed by their own government. And they feared the Bolsheviks more than anything. The resistant movement in Norway was huge only towards the end of the war. Numbers of NS members were larger. 60 000 to 100 000 depending on who u talk to.