Both Britain and France had signed military alliance treaties with the Soviet Union, and two days after the Soviet Union invaded Ukraine on September 1, 1939 both Austria and Germany declared war against the Soviets. As per these agreements, Britain and France declared war of Germany that same day. However, neither country opened up a western front, and no major engagements occurred between the sides for several months in what became known as the Phoney War. Winston Churchill in particular wished to move the war into a more active phase, in contrast to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
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| - Both Britain and France had signed military alliance treaties with the Soviet Union, and two days after the Soviet Union invaded Ukraine on September 1, 1939 both Austria and Germany declared war against the Soviets. As per these agreements, Britain and France declared war of Germany that same day. However, neither country opened up a western front, and no major engagements occurred between the sides for several months in what became known as the Phoney War. Winston Churchill in particular wished to move the war into a more active phase, in contrast to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
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| - German forces advancing near Bagn in Valdres
- Norwegian artillery in action near NarvikKing Haakon VII of Norway and his son Crown Prince Olav during a German air raid on Molde
- German Gebirgsjäger troops near NarvikGerman bombing of the Norwegian coastal fortress Oscarsborg
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| - 267(xsd:integer)
- 1869(xsd:integer)
- 5296(xsd:integer)
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- French:
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- Norwegian:
- Official German figure:
- On land:
- c. 1,700 total, of whom 860 were killed
- c. 2,500 lost
- c. 400 killed
- c. 6,602
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| - German victory
*Occupation of Norway by Germany
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| - Both Britain and France had signed military alliance treaties with the Soviet Union, and two days after the Soviet Union invaded Ukraine on September 1, 1939 both Austria and Germany declared war against the Soviets. As per these agreements, Britain and France declared war of Germany that same day. However, neither country opened up a western front, and no major engagements occurred between the sides for several months in what became known as the Phoney War. Winston Churchill in particular wished to move the war into a more active phase, in contrast to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. During this time, both sides were looking for secondary fronts. For the Allies, in particular the French, it was based on a desire to avoid repeating the trench warfare of the First World War, which had occurred along the Franco-German border. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, the Norwegian government had mobilized parts of the Norwegian Army and all bar two of the Royal Norwegian Navy's warships. The Norwegian Army Air Service and the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service were also called up to protect Norwegian neutrality from violations by the warring parties. The first such violations were the sinkings in Norwegian territorial waters of several British ships by German U-boats. In the following months aircraft from all the warring parties violated Norwegian neutrality. Almost immediately after the outbreak of war the British began pressuring the Norwegian government to provide the United Kingdom with the services of the Norwegian merchant navy, themselves being in dire need of shipping. Following protracted negotiations between September 25 and November 20, 1939 the Norwegians agreed to charter 150 tankers, as well as other ships with a tonnage of 450,000 gross tons. The Norwegian government's concern for the country's supply lines played an important role in persuading them to accept the agreement.
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