Invasion of Denmark and Norway Photographs

58 items in this album on 3 pages.


Gneisenau (left of photograph), Scharnhorst (background), and Admiral Hipper (right) at Trondheim, Norway, 1940	Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper embarking German troops for the invasion of Norway, 6 Apr 1940

German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground	German light cruiser Emden in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940

Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gun	Danish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940

Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940	Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940

German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 1 of 2	German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 2 of 2

German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over Denmark, 9 Apr 1940	German military journalist reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark on the day of its capitulation, 9 Apr 1940

German paratroopers at the Masnedoe Fort, Denmark, 9 April 1940	Königsberg under British aircraft attack, Bergen, Norway, 9 April 1940

German SdKfz. 223 armored radio car in Denmark, 12 Apr 1940	Warspite and a British destroyer during Second Battle of Narvik, 13 Apr 1940

Crew of an 8.8 cm FlaK gun in Denmark, 1940	German Army artillery troops getting hot food from a mobile field kitchen, Denmark, 1940

Émile Bertin off Norway, Apr 1940	German Oberleutnant Herbert Stemmer in front of a PzKpfw I tank, Norway, 18 Apr 1940