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Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/16/2011 11:27:57 PM

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Did Norway have a resistance just like the French had the 'ma-key'? pardon my spelling....

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/16/2011 11:45:14 PM

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Yes.

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/16/2011 11:49:48 PM

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What were they called?

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/16/2011 11:57:53 PM

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Did Norway have a resistance just like the French had the 'ma-key'? pardon my spelling....

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You mean the Maquis

I cannot recall if the Norwegian resistance had a name - probably did - but there was certainly resistance activity of varying degrees - ranging from attacks on the German military to civil disobedience.

The Germans hoped for a peaceful occupation, but the sinking of the two coastal battleships off Narvik with heavy loss of life, the subsequent bombing of towns and cities, the imposition by the Germans of the unpopular Vidkun Quisling as head of the government, the fact that King Haakon was able to set up a Government in Exile abroad - all meant that that hope was soon dashed.

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/17/2011 12:05:52 AM

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Don't think they had a specific name... BTW, the Maquis wasn't the name of the French Resistance.

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/17/2011 12:10:22 AM

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TOE!!!!!!

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/17/2011 3:18:12 AM

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Norway had an effective resistance. It helped the British SOE to sink the ferry carrying 'heavy water'. They also relayed the passage of the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen through the Skagerrak on their way out into the Atlantic.

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_resistance_movement

check the links at the end of the article.

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/17/2011 12:37:42 PM

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Back home the Norwegian Resistance had several names.
The most used names were;
-"gutta p� skauen" meaning "the boys in the woods", this was a sort of overall name for all resistance members
-"Shetlandsgjengen" or "The Shetlands Gang" were the guys that would ship operatives into/out of Norway
-"Grenselosene" or "The border Guides" were the guys that would help people get across the Swedish border

By -44 and -45, in terms of % of the population participating/aiding the resistance, was higher in Norway than in any other nazi-occupied nation.
Also a "fun fact", for those visiting the Imperial War Museum in London, you will see a drop tank, which was donated by the small local museum in the village (7k inhabitants) where I live :)

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RE: Occupied Norway resistance...? - 7/18/2011 4:05:19 AM

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The Norwegian military (armed) restance, under the leadership of Jens Christian Hauge, was called MILORG. No real guerilla operations until late 1944 and 1945. There was also a civilian (unarmed) resistance movement, know as "Hjemmefronten" (The Home Front).

The communists also operated Soviet supported partisans in Northern Norway, as well as an early sabotage group, The Oswald gang, in Oslo.

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