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Operation Weserübung

1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway in WWII

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Operation Weserübung (Unternehmen Weserübung, was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II. Taking place from 9 April – 10 June 1940, it was the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1940—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Operation, Weserübung and German can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway in WWII. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Operation Weserübung” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.