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...will have to stay in my country as long as there remains a single inch of Norwegian soil." From his late brother-in-law's son, King George VI of Great Britain, harassed Haakon received a telegram: ". . . Profound admiration ... for the dignity, courage and tenacity shown by Your Majesty and your people . . . [The Allied Governments] are bringing all help in their power ... so that the Allied forces, fighting side by side with the Norwegians, may prove this latest outrage by Germany to have been as rash as it was wicked." But by this time, General von Falkenhorst had some...
From towns along that rail spur, came word of a strong Norwegian mobilization, to cooperate with the Allies should they strike for Trondheim and the main rail line south to Oslo...
...Adolf Hitler expected to get gold or hard foreign securities from Danish vaults, he was disappointed. It was announced in London that $120,000,000 of Danish and Norwegian bullion had been secretly and successfully flown to the Bank of England before the invasion...
...whereas Adolf Hitler can take Denmark's larder without putting anything in, he must sacrifice plenty to get his Norwegian loot. In order to keep the labor of digging, cutting and fishing under way, he must send into Norway just the things Germany can spare least-food, clothing, oil, coal and coke. Obviously he considered this temporary liability worth hazarding for the strategic asset involved: control of Swedish...
...that Germany attacked Norway, German Ambassador Count Friedrich Werner von der Schulenberg had a four-hour talk with Premier Molotov in Moscow. The Ambassador had some explaining to do, inasmuch as German occupation of the Norwegian coast would spoil Russian dreams of reaching the Atlantic. Next day Premier Molotov served up a new set of demands on the new Finnish Minister to Moscow, Juho Paasikivi. Chief demands: 1) immediate construction of the promised railroad across Finland to Sweden; 2) an economic agreement at once. If either the Allies or Germany invaded Sweden, it was almost certain that Russia would further...