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FYI, at 8:23 there is film of the Danish King Christian X on his daily ride through the streets of Copenhagen, unaccompanied except by a usual bunch of ordinary citizens riding bikes behind him. Widely remembered as a show of resistance.
Denmark was invaded on April 9th 1940 at the same time as Norway (NOT a week later!). In fact, the occupation of Denmark was necessitated by the invasion of Norway, since German planes needed to operate from airfields on Jutland (which is NOT an island). Danish troops DID resist the invasion for a few hours. Denmark was NOT a protectorate: The Danish government managed to declare war on Germany in the few hours after the invasion started, which made them an occupied state. This was confirmed later at the Nuremberg trials. The German Navy in WWII was called Kriegsmarine, NOT Reichsmarine. Sometimes I wonder, if the content producers include these errors into their scripts on purpose, so as to incite comments. If he did, he succeeded in this case.
Jutland itself is a peninsula. The particular airfield, Aalborg Lufthavn, that the Germans needed for the operations against Norway, is located north of Limfjorden on the Northern Jutland Island (Nørrejyske Ø).
Id heard about Denmarks very brief hours long resistance at the border in 1940 but not this much more significant resistance and scuttling in 43, thank you
Firstly: It was NOT a so-called surprise attack ! The gold reserves (to- together with Nor- way's), was removed and sailed to Britain in late 1939. Besides : Many of the mention ships were raised later on. Even the coastal "battleship" (2×8" guns) Peder Skram build in 1898 !
@@rashidahmad7830 It does not change the fact that this video tells that Norway was attacked the week before Denmark, which is nonsense. Norway does not share a border with Germany and has the geography with it. There is a world of difference between a continuous mountainous country and a flat island country like Denmark. I have the greatest respect for the Norwegians' struggle in those days, but also great respect and understanding for Denmark's handling of the occupation in 1940.
Yeah, kind of naïve to remain neutral in a war where the enemy is conquering the entire continent. That didn't work out for them. Haha. I guess going off WW1 experience, it made sense.
jon: You REALLY swallowed all that anti-German war propaganda. Look around you, who wanted to conquer the world, and who has most of the wars going today? Contrary to this doubtful video, Germany occupied Norway and Denmark because Britain was about to do the same. The effective control of access to the Baltic Sea was mostly terminated with the construction and then enlargement of the Kiel Canal which joins the North Sea to the Baltic Sea via this all German Canal. Needless to say the Danes and Norwegians were royally peeved with the construction of this canal.
It made no sense to fight at that point. France was at the time one of the world's largest armies and was defeated in 6 weeks. History must be understood with a starting point in its contemporaries and not a post-rationalized morality. Germany was an extremely well-armed and aggressive enemy at the time and no one had the strength to defend against them. What do you think Denmark should have done?
Denmark did not fight well at all in WW2. There was no value or point in producing this video. The Danish Navy was ineffective. The only significant Danish achievement was Anders Larsson, who was in the SAS.
If you want to praise someone, the least you could do is to get their name right: Major Anders Lassen. You lack of accuracy in such a simple matter reflects poorly on how serious your other opinions should be taken. A proud Dane.
@ulrikschackmeyer848 At least I know about him and his achievements in the SAS as well as how he was killed in action. Do you know much about other nationalities who fought heroically in WW2? By the way, I have lived in Denmark as an expatriate. So, I know much about the Danes.
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We DID fight the invasion. But were overwelmed after 4 hours. 11 Danes fell to German forces on April 9. 1940. Honored be their memory.
Thanks for watching and have a great week :)
FYI, at 8:23 there is film of the Danish King Christian X on his daily ride through the streets of Copenhagen, unaccompanied except by a usual bunch of ordinary citizens riding bikes behind him. Widely remembered as a show of resistance.
Wow! Thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Denmark was invaded on April 9th 1940 at the same time as Norway (NOT a week later!). In fact, the occupation of Denmark was necessitated by the invasion of Norway, since German planes needed to operate from airfields on Jutland (which is NOT an island). Danish troops DID resist the invasion for a few hours. Denmark was NOT a protectorate: The Danish government managed to declare war on Germany in the few hours after the invasion started, which made them an occupied state. This was confirmed later at the Nuremberg trials. The German Navy in WWII was called Kriegsmarine, NOT Reichsmarine. Sometimes I wonder, if the content producers include these errors into their scripts on purpose, so as to incite comments. If he did, he succeeded in this case.
Jutland itself is a peninsula. The particular airfield, Aalborg Lufthavn, that the Germans needed for the operations against Norway, is located north of Limfjorden on the Northern Jutland Island (Nørrejyske Ø).
Id heard about Denmarks very brief hours long resistance at the border in 1940 but not this much more significant resistance and scuttling in 43, thank you
Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)
"The war was over before we could raise steam..."
Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
Jutland is a peninsula not an island. It's the only part of Denmark joined to mainland Europe.
Brave sailors
Beasts!
Firstly: It was NOT a
so-called surprise
attack !
The gold reserves (to-
together with Nor-
way's), was removed
and sailed to Britain in
late 1939.
Besides : Many of the
mention ships were
raised later on.
Even the coastal
"battleship" (2×8"
guns) Peder Skram
build in 1898 !
Justland is NOT an island, but an peninsula bordering Germany in the south.
9:13 hvad snakker du om? vi har altid været på de allieredes side ;)
Denmark and Norway were both invaded in the early morning of 04/09 1940.
Yes, but the Norwegians resisted more stoutly. At the fortress of Osksrsberg, coastal artillery, sank a German heavy cruiser.
@@rashidahmad7830 It does not change the fact that this video tells that Norway was attacked the week before Denmark, which is nonsense. Norway does not share a border with Germany and has the geography with it. There is a world of difference between a continuous mountainous country and a flat island country like Denmark. I have the greatest respect for the Norwegians' struggle in those days, but also great respect and understanding for Denmark's handling of the occupation in 1940.
Denmark had a navy??
Yep! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
A seafaring nation of over 400 islands. Yes, Denmark to much surprise had a navy.
Yeah, kind of naïve to remain neutral in a war where the enemy is conquering the entire continent. That didn't work out for them. Haha. I guess going off WW1 experience, it made sense.
jon: You REALLY swallowed all that anti-German war propaganda.
Look around you, who wanted to conquer the world, and who has most of the wars going today?
Contrary to this doubtful video, Germany occupied Norway and Denmark because Britain was about to do the same.
The effective control of access to the Baltic Sea was mostly terminated with the construction and then enlargement of the Kiel Canal which joins the North Sea to the Baltic Sea via this all German Canal.
Needless to say the Danes and Norwegians were royally peeved with the construction of this canal.
Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)
Yes they tried in vain to repeat WWI, same foreign minister but different outcome.
It made no sense to fight at that point. France was at the time one of the world's largest armies and was defeated in 6 weeks. History must be understood with a starting point in its contemporaries and not a post-rationalized morality. Germany was an extremely well-armed and aggressive enemy at the time and no one had the strength to defend against them. What do you think Denmark should have done?
Denmark. Defending Greenland since, who cares?
Greenland cares
@@kaspernielsen9149 inuits and polar bears.
Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)
Denmark did not fight well at all in WW2. There was no value or point in producing this video. The Danish Navy was ineffective. The only significant Danish achievement was Anders Larsson, who was in the SAS.
Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)
If you want to praise someone, the least you could do is to get their name right: Major Anders Lassen. You lack of accuracy in such a simple matter reflects poorly on how serious your other opinions should be taken. A proud Dane.
@ulrikschackmeyer848 At least I know about him and his achievements in the SAS as well as how he was killed in action. Do you know much about other nationalities who fought heroically in WW2?
By the way, I have lived in Denmark as an expatriate. So, I know much about the Danes.
The only significant Danish achievement was Anders Lassen (not Larsson)? I think you should dig a little more into the subject...
240 danish merchant ships and 6500 danish sailors served in the allied convoys. I think that would count as a significant achievement.