
Published online:
17 September 2020
Published in print:
27 January 2020
Online ISBN:
9780813178905
Print ISBN:
9780813178899
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The Campaign The Campaign
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The Major Lesson of the Campaign The Major Lesson of the Campaign
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Chapter
8 Jointness and the Norwegian Campaign, 1940
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Pages
114–124
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Published:January 2020
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Meilinger, Phillip S., 'Jointness and the Norwegian Campaign, 1940', Thoughts on War (Lexington, KY , 2020; online edn, Kentucky Scholarship Online, 17 Sept. 2020), https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813178899.003.0009, accessed 14 May 2025.
Abstract
The Norwegian campaign of 1940 was the first major confrontation between Germany and the Allies in World War II. Although both sides had been poised along the Western Front since September 1939, serious fighting did not break out there; instead, the belligerents first fought in the far north. Germany had sound strategic reasons for conquering Norway, but the Allies attacked them there simply because they did not wish to fight in France. Important lessons were learned in Norway, by both sides, regarding joint operations, unity of command, and airpower –specifically, the need for air superiority over naval forces.
Keywords:
Norwegian Campaign, Luftwaffe, Royal Navy, Narvik, Trondheim, air superiority, unity of command, joint operations, amphibious operations
Subject
Military History
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