Norway in the Second World War: Politics, Society, and Conflict

"Covering political, military, economic and social history, Norway in the Second World War is the most authoritative book on the subject in the English language. This innovative study describes how the Germans conquered Norway in 1940 and the type of government that was then imposed. German organisations such as the Wehrmacht, the SS and the civilian Reichskommissariat are all presented, along with how they operated during the occupation. Ole Kristian Grimnes examines the Norwegian Nazi Party and the important role that it played during the period, as well as analysing how the Norwegian economy became integrated into the German war economy. The Norwegian resistance (including the Communists) and the Norwegian government-in-exile are explored in detail, while a separate chapter on the Holocaust in both Norwegian and international contexts is also included. As such, Norway in the Second World War is the definitive text on war and Nazi occupation in a nation that has been sorely neglected by the literature in the field until now."-- Provided by publisher Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Illustrations and Maps Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Who were the Norwegians? Norway before the Second World War Part I: A country is conquered Chapter 1: Into war The intrusive Allies The secret invasion plan After the Finnish Winter War The government’s refusal Chapter 2: The Norwegian Campaign 1940 South Norway Narvik The campaign and the occupied areas Bitterness The government decides to continue the struggle Chapter 3: How to govern an occupied country? The Administrative Council Reichskommissar Josef Terboven A new government? The Council of the Realm is abandoned Terboven’s political revolution Part II: Occupied Norway Chapter 4: The Wehrmacht in Norway Leadership Defence against invasion Protection of coastal shipping Offensive forays The attack on the Soviet Union The Wehrmacht and Norwegian society Chapter 5: The Reichskommissariat Terboven The Einsatzstab – a political taskforce Economic departments Propaganda The Reichskommissariat and Germany Relationships with the Wehrmacht and the NS Party Chapter 6: The SS and police Hitler’s hardmen The SS in Norway Reichskommissar Terboven and the SS Terror politics The ‘racially pure’ Norwegians Volunteers for the Waffen-SS The Civilian SS The Norwegian police Lebensborn – The SS breeding programme Chapter 7: Nasjonal Samling (NS) – Norway’s Fascist Party The 1930s: An insignificant party Ideology History and the mission of NS The supreme leader Membership and organization Opposition Programme NS and the Germans Chapter 8: In the grip of war economy A new economic zone Important war goods Wehrmacht’s building and construction programme The failure of a giant project Run on the National Bank The demand for labour The regulated economy A successful adjustment Norwegian collaboration Economic resistance Problematic accounting Chapter 9: Life in an occupied society Town and country Shortages and women’s experience Health and birth rate Part III: War and resistance Chapter 10: Norway in exile King and government The government and The Home Front Alliance Participation in the wider war The merchant fleet The navy The air force The army Operations in Norway Coastal raids Resistance behind enemy lines Bombing Norway in Sweden Refugees Sweden and Norwegian resistance The police troops Chapter 11: National socialism – an attempted revolution 1940–2 The Nasjonal Samling (NS) government The Nazification campaign The Ministry of the Interior The Ministry of Culture and Popular Enlightenment The Ministry for Labour Service and Sport The Ministry of Justice The Police Ministry Resistance Sport The Supreme Court The church The organizations Victory in the civil resistance campaign The stubborn church NS’s national assembly is buried Resistance leadership Chapter 12: The Holocaust in Norway The NS state and the police Jewish escape The Holocaust in perspective Chapter 13: Compulsory labour and mass arrests in 1943 The campaign against the labour service Home Front Leadership Three mass arrests Chapter 14: The Home Front and The Resistance Movement The civil resistance The difficult military resistance The illegal press The intelligence service Escape The North Sea route Escape to Sweden Chapter 15: The Norwegian Communist Party The Radical Resistance Party The communists and The Home Front Leadership Part IV: Towards the end Chapter 16: The Overseas and Home Fronts in the last year of the war Participation in D-Day The civil resistance movement’s second victory The Resistance Movement is militarized The Home Front Leadership steps forward German counter-sabotage Chapter 17: The North Norway narrative The Wehrmacht and the liberation of Finnmark Forced evacuation and cave-dwellers The sweetness of the first meeting: The Overseas Front returns home Chapter 18: The Germans and NS face defeat Quisling and NS The last days Select Bibliography Index "Covering political, military, economic and social history, Norway in the Second World War is the most authoritative book on the subject in the English language. This innovative study describes how the Germans conquered Norway in 1940 and the type of government that was then imposed. German organisations such as the Wehrmacht, the SS and the civilian Reichskommissariat are all presented, along with how they operated during the occupation. Ole Kristian Grimnes examines the Norwegian Nazi Party and the important role that it played during the period, as well as analysing how the Norwegian economy became integrated into the German war economy. The Norwegian resistance (including the Communists) and the Norwegian government-in-exile are explored in detail, while a separate chapter on the Holocaust in both Norwegian and international contexts is also included. As such, Norway in the Second World War is the definitive text on war and Nazi occupation in a nation that has been sorely neglected by the literature in the field until now."-- Résumé de l'éditeur "Covering political, military, economic and social history, Norway in the Second World War is the most authoritative book on the subject in the English language. This innovative study describes how the Germans conquered Norway in 1940 and the type of government that was then imposed. German organisations such as the Wehrmacht, the SS and the civilian Reichskommissariat are all presented, along with how they operated during the occupation. Ole Kristian Grimnes examines the Norwegian Nazi Party and the important role that it played during the period, as well as analysing how the Norwegian economy became integrated into the German war economy. The Norwegian resistance (including the Communists) and the Norwegian government-in-exile are explored in detail, while a separate chapter on the Holocaust in both Norwegian and international contexts is also included. As such, Norway in the Second World War is the definitive text on war and Nazi occupation in a nation that has been sorely neglected by the literature in the field until now." -- Amazon