How did the Germans occupy Norway?

In Norway, 1 Wave 29 transport planes carried 1 and 1 Parachute Company 2 to the airport in Funeb, the capital of Norway, and were forced to land at the newly occupied Aalborg airport when flying over the Skageraker Strait.

1 20 minutes after the wave, the second wave plane carrying the 2nd battalion of the 324th Infantry Regiment received the return order from the 10 Air Force. Among them, the commander of 1 brigade thought that this was a false order given by the enemy and did not carry it out, and commanded his own plane to continue flying to Funeb. At this time, the German fighter plane in charge of the cover mission over Funeb ran out of fuel because it waited for the arrival of the transport plane for more than the specified time. When the 1 transport aircraft formation entered the airport, it landed at Funeb airport. After landing, they suppressed the defenders of the airport with machine guns on the plane. At 9: 0017, the plane carrying infantry flew in and landed smoothly under the cover of the fire of the landing fighter. The airborne infantry and the crew attacked the defenders in the field together, captured the 1 Norwegian machine gun position and took control of the airport. At this time, the military attache of the German Embassy in Norway drove to the airport. He came to meet the airborne troops. After seeing this situation, he immediately ordered the crew to send a telegram to tell Funeb that the airport had been controlled. Aalborg immediately told Hamburg Air Force Command 10 after receiving the telegram. However, due to the disruption of the airborne plan, airborne troops landed at various airports. Three hours later, the combat troops were airlifted to Funeb airport. In the evening, all the 324th Infantry Regiment landed, with more than 3,000 people. At this time, the German ship-borne troops were blocked by Norwegian warships and shore guns and could not dock. In order to quickly occupy Oslo, the airborne troops who landed in Funeb, according to the orders of their superiors, formed several parades with 1500 people, tied ribbons on their heads, and marched along the street to the center of Oslo with the cover of aviation and the attitude of ancient conquerors. The Norwegian government was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of airborne troops in the capital. At the same time, the German action was coordinated by the fascist spy organization "Fifth Column" headed by Norwegian Defense Minister Gysling. As a result, the German airborne troops occupied this city with a population of 300,000 without bloodshed. Then, the airborne troops attacked the port from behind, making the landing troops land quickly.

At 9: 20, another batch of 1 2 planes carrying1the 3rd company of the airborne regiment passed through cumulus clouds. 1 1 planes parachuted at the important port of Stavanger as planned, and paratroopers parachuted at the height of 120m. After landing, they occupied the airport for half an hour. Then the infantry battalions of the 193 regiment 1 and 2 descended. After the troops landed, they raided north from the airport and quickly occupied Stavanger. When airborne troops attacked, the troops landing from the sea did not encounter any resistance, and occupied ports such as kristiansand and Bergen. At this point, the 1 phase of the German invasion ended. The second stage of the German action was to develop northward before the British action, to connect the scattered airborne combat areas and quickly advance to the interior of Norway, so as to fully control the country in a short time.

On 12 aircraft dropped 12 mountain howitzer companies in the northern Norwegian port of Narvik to reinforce the troops that landed here two days ago. The plane landed on the frozen lake in Hartvig, which is 16 km north of the port, and later transported troops and equipment. 15 On the evening of April, the 1 company of the German No.1 Airborne Regiment parachuted 6 kilometers south of Danbos, a transportation hub in central Norway, with the task of preventing the Norwegian troops retreating from Oslo from meeting the British troops landing from Aandahl Sne. However, due to the spread of airborne, only 63 people gathered, and the weather was bad, so it was impossible to get supplies from the air. Under the siege of more than 1000 Norwegian troops, German paratroopers fought until 19 April, leaving 34 people, all of whom were captured.

After that, the German forces continued to strengthen, and by June 10, they occupied the whole of Norway.