Search Details

Word: haakon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Scandinavia. The Swedish Riksdag met in secret session for the third time since World War II began. Reason: conditions in Norway, where the German-controlled press was agitating for new Storting elections to depose King Haakon VII and set up a Nazi Government. Whether Norway would again be united with Sweden, or Sweden simply dominate Scandinavia under German direction, Hitler's Northern Union seemed destined to be realized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Hitler's Europe | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

June 10. Norway capitulates and Haakon flees to England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Five Years of Dates | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...friendly attitude of King Haakon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 24, 1940 | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...King Haakon ordered his soldiers to cease fighting June 9, only ten days after the British finally captured the isolated German landing party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 24, 1940 | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...Driven at last from his country, Haakon VII was reported a refugee in England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Monarchy Front | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Next