Word: narvik
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...these things might force Sweden to fight at any time. But if none of them took place Sweden's problems were not yet over. If Allied armies gain possession of her outlet to the Atlantic through Narvik and Trondheim, the Allies are virtually certain to put severe economic pressure on Sweden to induce her to cut ore exports to Germany. If Sweden had to yield to such Allied demands, Germany, again, might attack...
...conciliate the Nazis and remove the temptation of invasion, the Swedish Government, over Norwegian protests, allowed a trainload of German food and medical supplies-at least so it was described-to be shipped through Sweden to the beleaguered Germans in Narvik. Also for "humanitarian purposes" the Swedes allowed German merchant seamen marooned in Narvik to return home through Sweden. If any plausible excuse could be provided, Sweden was prepared to placate Germany to avoid...
...this Navy is now a close second to Germany's in the Baltic. Swedish coastal defenses at Göteborg, Kristianstad, Hälsingborg, Karlskrona and Stockholm could do an invader much damage and hold up his attack. Eventually the Allies might be able to send aid through Narvik and Trondheim...
Since the war began spying has multiplied. Last month Stockholm police arrested four German-born Swedish citizens for forwarding information about Narvik iron shipments to Germany. Three of them were sentenced to hard labor...
...Narvik Nar'-veek