The Norwegian armed forces in exile were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the Ge
The Norwegian Brigade War Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.
Norwegian soldiers on the front-line north of Narvik, May 1940
Guard at the Little Norway training camp in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sleipner at sea sometime after the Second World War.
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The Norwegian campaign involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the Norwegian military's resistance to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.
Norwegian armed forces in exile
…of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War II. Norway was neutral in World War I and tried to remain neutral in World War II. Neutrality was maintained until the German invasion…
The Battle of Narvik saw Norway's toughest fight in World War II; nearly 7,500 Norwegian soldiers participated in the battle, along with British, French and Polish troops. The reconquest of Narvik was the first time the forces of the Third Reich were removed from a captured city.
Vidkun Quisling in 1942. His name would become synonymous with "traitor".
German dead are brought ashore for burial after the Altmark Incident.
General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst planned and led the German invasion and conquest of Norway