Norway's Last Days of War - The Battle of Haglebu (1945)

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00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - The Occupation and the Resistance
04:07 - Eggedal during WW2
05:25 - The War Cabin
07:25 - The Aryan Idol in Eggedal
08:12 - The Razzia in Eggedal and the Battle of Haglebu
11:01 - Freedom and Consequences
12:10 - Aftermath
I explore the role my own cabin played in the life of a man who was part of the local resistance movement against the occupation of Norway during WW2. This reveals local conflicts; a fanatic Nazi neighbour, a plot against Quisling and the underplayed skirmish at Haglebuvannet, where countrymen fought one another, during the last days of WW2.
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  • @NorthernHistory
    @NorthernHistory3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, and also sharing your family's war-stories in the commentaries. I read them all. Hit subscribe and notification bell for updates 🔔

  • @Ralphs-House
    @Ralphs-House3 жыл бұрын

    My Grandfather (British) was part of the army team rebuilding Norway after WW2. He loved Norway and there are still generations of us that remain proud of our Norwegian allies. We still have the letter given by Prince Olav to British troops that assisted Norway. The Christmas Tree in Trafalgar square in London each year is still supplied by Norway and we're proud of that too.

  • @xpost9381

    @xpost9381

    3 жыл бұрын

    British rebuilding of Norway...??? .....Really....... So in your mind when and were should that have happened...??? You really will struggle to find any evidence of that.....since that never happened.....

  • @Ralphs-House

    @Ralphs-House

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@xpost9381 Got a big photo album to prove it

  • @xpost9381

    @xpost9381

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Ralphs-House Haha. To prove what..??? The British came to Norway, after the end of the war, as the upper command of the allied forces, to oversee the disarming of the around 350 000 German troops that stood in Norway. But that had litlle ...or rather nothing to do with the rebuilding of Norway. It was Northern-Norway that was flattened, bombed, burned down, total devastated .....and where were the Brits or anyone else of allied ..... for that matter.... I would like to hear about that..... It was the civilian/private persons around in Norway who helped the devasted population in the Arctic of Norway. Even the Norwegian government that had come back to Norway didn't do to much up in the north.....

  • @vwthings

    @vwthings

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@xpost9381 Royal Engineers (Sappers) - look it up. This was part of the repair of some of the infrastructure damaged by the Germans. They didn't rebuild the whole of Norway - how could they. There were two phases - disarm (as you say) and after that, basic repairs. Just because you're not aware of it does not mean it did not happen. It did. The history books tend to concentrate on the years before German surrender - not post-war.

  • @xpost9381

    @xpost9381

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vwthings Well, one can also say the oppsite .... just because someone come with a claim of the British "rebuilding Norway" it does not mean that it really has happened. No, I don't know about it..... nor does "look it up". I have tried to search on internet in Norwegian language ....and find nothing about British doing rebuilding. So when Norwegians haven't heard about it .... well.... maybe it was one of the British secret operations...??? Nor do I find anything using English in search on internet. But I am no specialist in that internet thing. So if you could help me out with linkages it would be great. I am always for new knowledge and for correct knowledge. I have no doubt that the commenters father was in Norway - as engineer. It is the claim of "rebuilding" which I question. That the military include a engineering troop - when they are out and around - is nothing unusual. That an engineering troop is needed for sustaining and securing their own military presence, for doing basic repairs for them to communicate and getting around is rather a quite long stretch from claiming doing rebuilding of a nation. As said I would like to hear about it but then be specific and linkages are being appreciated.

  • @Martin-ry3ce
    @Martin-ry3ce3 жыл бұрын

    My father was flown to Norway as the Germans surrendered. He was there for over a year and always said that the countryside was wonderful. When he left he was given a wooden bowl hand carved with a greeting and the name of the family who gave him the bowl. I still have that bowl.

  • @nairdamorton5148

    @nairdamorton5148

    3 жыл бұрын

    My dad was on HMS Norfolk, which took the Royal family back to Norway after the war. I still have his "thank you" certificate, signed by Olav, who later became King. And the Norwegians still send London a very large Christmas tree every year.

  • @dadcanufixit

    @dadcanufixit

    3 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather went there too, he brought home 2 brass ashtrays shaped like horse shoes. My sister still has them in her house. I will one day visit Norway to see where he went

  • @nairdamorton5148

    @nairdamorton5148

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dadcanufixit , go in the summer, it's superb, went fishing one evening, near Tromso. Went out at about 9, came back in about 5 a.m., daylight the whole time, superb fishing (they look after their seas), magical. Lovely people too. Food is pricey though.☺️☺️🇩🇰🇩🇰

  • @dadcanufixit

    @dadcanufixit

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nairdamorton5148 Thanks for the tip. Trondheim is where i need to get too. Apparently my grandfather sponsored a Norwegian student too.

  • @badmonkey2222

    @badmonkey2222

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nairdamorton5148 yes, winter in Norway is not for the timid, the summers are short but sweet and is the best time to visit add the days are long, beautiful country and people.

  • @arnesandness7554
    @arnesandness75543 жыл бұрын

    My great uncle Arne Sandnes, for whom I am named was in the Norwegian Resistance during the war. He pretended to be a Nazi sympathizer and housed German officers. Then, late at night, he would sneak off into the hills to radio information off to England. He was never caught at it. This was in the area in the southeast of Norway around Sandnes and Stavanger.

  • @stansfieldmcelroy

    @stansfieldmcelroy

    3 жыл бұрын

    very cool! F those nazis!

  • @johnlane35

    @johnlane35

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't he kill them?

  • @Hawkeye2001

    @Hawkeye2001

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnlane35 I suspect the German's would make the locals pay in blood for any outright murders or attacks of German soldiers in the occupied lands. There are accounts of entire villages with everyone murdered in revenge.

  • @murphy6700

    @murphy6700

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnlane35 Better to leave them alive and happy. More intel for the British can be gathered that way. Besides, killing them would have invited a brutal retribution on the family by the Nazis.

  • @hilaryforde9981
    @hilaryforde99813 жыл бұрын

    My dad grew up in Larvik during the war. He used to trade food with the Russian prisoners of war. I have some of the toys the prisoners made for my dad. I love Norway and still have family there.

  • @WolfClinton1
    @WolfClinton13 жыл бұрын

    Good job on this video. My father was in the Norwegian army at the start and was involved in the journey to get the King and the gold out. After this his troop managed to return to Alesund and he escaped on the 'Shetland bus' to Arbroath. Then joined the Norwegian navy based in England, was torpedoed and met my mother as a hospital visitor which brought me and my siblings to the UK. So many stories to feel proud of.

  • @philrichardson5726
    @philrichardson57263 жыл бұрын

    My Father was on the HMS Wolfhound that was in Bergen for the German surrender, the locals were starving they used the food the ship had to feed them, running the ovens to make bread, giving their weekly sweet ration to the children, he was very proud of what they did, it made a big change from all the horrors of death and destruction of the previous years, the people were so happy to be free , I still have my dads thank-you certificate signed by the Norwegian King.

  • @rickmoore3730

    @rickmoore3730

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice story . I like to hear theses good tales after such terrible years of hardship . Thanks for sharing .

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thanks for the video! As an American military flight instructor I had several of your aviators I trained to become helicopter pilots and we often drank beer and sometimes they discussed what the war had been like for their parents. You people are a tough lot and my hat is off to you! The very best of luck to you and thanks again for the video.

  • @tommallon4052

    @tommallon4052

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess this explains the Fort Rucker patch.

  • @gilbertjones9157
    @gilbertjones91573 жыл бұрын

    A close friend of mine who pass away in 2008 was in the RAF during the war. He crashed into Norway in 1943. Born in America to a British Lord and an American Cherokee Woman but were divorced. His mother died before he was 9 and was sent to live with his father in Shanghai China mid 1920's. Step mom there was German so he was sent to the German School, now his fourth language (Shanghainese, German, English, Cherokee). After 1935 pulled out when it went to a Nazi headmaster and into the English school. University in England in '38 joined the RAF having learned to fly under his father. He flew Buffalos. Did not join the USAF because officers only flew while RAF allowed sargents to do so. Wounded after the crash his face bandaged and then scared. Working with the Resistance could speak German like a Norwegian and Norwegian like a German he got by but when posters of his face showed up he knew he had to leave and crossed over to Sweden and spent the rest of the war there. Please can you put forward more videos on that time period we have so little of the days the fly paper held the flys.

  • @jasonkeen3777

    @jasonkeen3777

    3 жыл бұрын

    his story would make an awesome doco/movie.

  • @wendellhosea2617
    @wendellhosea26173 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Hawaii, USA. Very informational. Spent time in Norway. Love the beauty of the land and friendliness of the people. Aloha!

  • @6060don
    @6060don3 жыл бұрын

    I once was working at a Camp near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. It was a lovely built next to a lake. It was originally called Little Norway as it was used by the army and air force of Norway to train air men and soldiers.

  • @prebenroll6074

    @prebenroll6074

    3 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was there. He flew fighters over Europe after being trained in Little Norway. My mother said he had shot down 6 or 7 enemy fighters, and that he also was shot down himself once or twice. Unfortunately I never got hear his stories...

  • @mapleleafsfan27

    @mapleleafsfan27

    3 жыл бұрын

    The little Norway memorial is in Bracebridge just down the road from Huntsville. There were other places around the Muskoka region that housed a lot of Norwegians that enlisted in the RAF They trained at the Bracebridge airport. The Norwegian royal family visited them a couple times and my grandmother always talked about seeing the queen of Norway buying a pair of shoes for her son.

  • @davidtuttle508
    @davidtuttle5083 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this history about your nation. The majority of the Second World War History books, as written, tend to gloss over what occurred in Norway. Same applies for all of the other nations that were seen on the periphery of the combat.

  • @howlinsg1968
    @howlinsg19683 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations, you fought back against evil and now everything is great. And now you have complete freedom and unfettered ability to choose your own destiny in this world.

  • @sr633
    @sr6333 жыл бұрын

    While on jury duty I met a lady from Norway who was there during the war. She told me they hid their guns in the forest as the Germans stayed away from these vast woods. She said they hid their radio in their bird house.

  • @danastanke8775
    @danastanke87753 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this. I traveled around Norway in 1973 and stayed in Trondheim with a gentleman who fought with the British in WWII. As per others' comments, I knew nothing in detail about the occupation of Norway. Fascinating. Thank you for the much-needed information! And P.S., the narrator's English is superb!

  • @andyniblock43
    @andyniblock433 жыл бұрын

    How I love this beautiful country and its people.🇳🇴🇳🇴

  • @liviadix1433
    @liviadix14333 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching the " The Atlantic crossing", on PBS, and I'm learning a little of history. I was born in.Europe in the 40's. Lost my father and grandfather fighting for the resistance, so I' m extremely interested in the history of those terrible times Hope, America learns from history.

  • @dougholliday467

    @dougholliday467

    3 жыл бұрын

    I too have watched the series on PBS. So sad, and everybody was affected in a rather negative fashion.

  • @janhanchenmichelsen2627

    @janhanchenmichelsen2627

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please note: "Atlantic crossing" is mainly pure fiction. I guess ok entertainment. But nothing more. Knowing the true story, I had to stop watching the show.

  • @rudert56

    @rudert56

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amerika is lost. There is little hope.

  • @andycoatsworth7473
    @andycoatsworth74733 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a fascinating insight into a difficult part of Norwegian history. In the summer of 1972 I worked as a student engineer doing maintenance works on the hydro-electric reservoirs and pipelines in the hills above Lillehammer. I worked with two brothers, one of whom had been in the resistance and who brought his food and clothing etc for the day in a rucscac supplied to the resistance by the British. His hatred of the Germans was intense, but his brother didn't share those views. The Chief Engineer of the power company complimented me on having learned some basic Norwegian, but advised me to always start a conversation in English because he said my rudimentary Norwegian made me sound like a German.

  • @MegaBoilermaker
    @MegaBoilermaker3 жыл бұрын

    A well made and accurate video. Your people's ressistance to german tyrrany is remembered and respected here in UK.

  • @bruceraykiewicz6274
    @bruceraykiewicz62743 жыл бұрын

    As an American of long ago Polish and Italian ancestry, I have the upmost respect for your country. Fighting back against a brutal invader.

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing1673 жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing how so many ordinary people from many countries were so brave and courageous in defending their homelands against the Nazi tyranny. It’s good to hear some of their actions remembered. Thank you, a very fine video 🙏🙏🙏🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @thecocktailian2091

    @thecocktailian2091

    3 жыл бұрын

    The fiercest fighters tend to be those defending their homelands. Wherever those lands might be.

  • @daveenyart
    @daveenyart3 жыл бұрын

    Humbling. Kudos and thank you. You gave all of us an essential look at the Norwegian resistance. I am 3/4 Swedish and feel very close to Norway. God bless you and your family. God forever bless Norway.

  • @Horizon344
    @Horizon3443 жыл бұрын

    Nice piece of work, the Shetlandsbussene would also make an interesting film.

  • @espennilsen2920

    @espennilsen2920

    3 жыл бұрын

    they made a movie about shetlands Larsen which told this story.

  • @paulsummerfield6357
    @paulsummerfield63573 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your family's story. We've heard all the well known events like Narvik and HMS Cossack's captain boarding the Altmark in one of Norway's many fjords to rescue POWS. Also at Telemark and the heavy water plant. Personal stories like this always seem better. Thank you again 😀

  • @simonorch
    @simonorch3 жыл бұрын

    There is much more written on the skirmish at Halgebu and isn't much of a mystery any longer. One of, but not the only case of Norwegians fighting against Norwegians during ww2. The German force came from SS-Polizei-Skijäger bataillon 506, a mixed force of German police and Norwegian waffen-SS. In the course of the fighting 7 men from the German side would die, 4 German police and 3 Norwegian SS, one of whom had been taken prisoner by the resistance and summarily executed, they also suffered 7 wounded, so, in terms of casualties both sides were pretty much even.

  • @thomasaffolter4386
    @thomasaffolter43862 жыл бұрын

    This was a piece of the war in Norway I knew little about. Thanks

  • @lordemed1
    @lordemed13 жыл бұрын

    i do not see a problem. The Norwegian Resistance did what was necessary and required. They are to be commended.

  • @lokischildren7862

    @lokischildren7862

    3 жыл бұрын

    Desperate time call for desperate measures

  • @badmonkey2222

    @badmonkey2222

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lokischildren7862 damn right

  • @oceanhome2023

    @oceanhome2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes for sure they had a few Quislings that added up to be more of an annoyance than anything else , Norway’s pride sees nothing of these . I also would not be upset that some of your countrymen joined the Waffen SS . It truly is a complex War that will never be entirely explained. I have studied this war my whole life yet I hear new things everyday , like this channel !

  • @hoyvinmayvin9266

    @hoyvinmayvin9266

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@oceanhome2023 They feared the communists more than the nazis. They had already seen what the communists did to the farmers. Quisling worked with Fritjof Nansen in the Ukraine in the 20's, and knew very well what could happen if communism spread to Norway.

  • @mathbrown9099
    @mathbrown90993 жыл бұрын

    This provides me with answers to many of my questions about my ancestral home during WWII.

  • @terrylarkin690
    @terrylarkin6903 жыл бұрын

    They were courageous and it must of been horrible I'm of Swedish and Irish heritage and coming from Minnesota where's there quite a lot of Scandinavians I hope that our Public schools will start teaching history because most youth today haven't got a clue what we went through in WW2 and are other wars. If our Government doesn't wake up to lost history we are all in trouble. We must stand up and demand that history be a priority in our schools.

  • @jeffhallel8211

    @jeffhallel8211

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't let the sharia police take over your state.

  • @georgebarnes8163
    @georgebarnes81633 жыл бұрын

    Tiny country, Tiny population, massive hearts.

  • @Alex-yz6uq

    @Alex-yz6uq

    3 жыл бұрын

    Norway is not a tiny country.

  • @serenityinside1

    @serenityinside1

    3 жыл бұрын

    George is an ignoramus

  • @WarEagleObie
    @WarEagleObie3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this video. It’s outstanding! Since seeing the movie, “The Heroes of Telemark,” many years ago, I’ve had an interest in the Norwegian resistance. However, I’ve never been able to find much about it. I met and talked with one of your countrymen, Bernt Balchen, in 1969, just a few years before he died. He told me a little about the resistance, and I believe he may have been personally involved. We talked more about aviation, though. Keep up the good work!

  • @baqaqipekhebi7148
    @baqaqipekhebi71483 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this history!

  • @simontmn
    @simontmn4 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff Lars!

  • @norvigosracing6948
    @norvigosracing69483 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thanks

  • @dereky.6647
    @dereky.66473 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfully concise and informative. Takk!

  • @zacktong8105
    @zacktong81053 жыл бұрын

    As always a complicated story among many which continued bitterly for many years and in the memories of subsequent generations to this day.

  • @BuzzSargent
    @BuzzSargent3 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Enjoyed your presentation very much.

  • @usmale4915
    @usmale49153 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Very informative and well presented. Thank you so much for this video!

  • @stansfieldmcelroy
    @stansfieldmcelroy3 жыл бұрын

    this was a really well presented video

  • @Rob-fx2dw
    @Rob-fx2dw3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Most interesting and revealing of the complications that flowed through from the occupation.

  • @PUAlum
    @PUAlum3 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff! Thank you so much for posting it.

  • @petrofilmeurope
    @petrofilmeurope3 жыл бұрын

    Godt håndverk og manus. Interessant film. Takk.

  • @mathbrown9099

    @mathbrown9099

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ganske sa.

  • @IvarNesheim
    @IvarNesheim4 жыл бұрын

    Really good stuff. Good craftmanship!

  • @davidchutchings
    @davidchutchings3 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for Documenting and Sharing. Both my wife and I have direct connections to Norway. We knew of the courage of our ancestors. But to see the cabin and hear the stories is very special. Thank You for sharing

  • @rockyroadblues100
    @rockyroadblues1003 жыл бұрын

    Great job ,subbed you greets from Ireland

  • @georgebarnes8163

    @georgebarnes8163

    3 жыл бұрын

    You do realise that the Irish leader at the time namely the Spanish /Yank inbreed De Valera was pro Nazi and was in fact the only leader of a country to hand in his personal condolences when Hitler topped himself.

  • @Wolffjord
    @Wolffjord4 жыл бұрын

    Very good Lars

  • @stephenburnage7687
    @stephenburnage76873 жыл бұрын

    I had the great privilege to live and work in Norway during the early 80's. Was surprised just how warmly disposed most Norwegians were to Brits (especially Scott's), because of the war experience. Conversely, there was a nervousness of Germany but the real animosity was directed against Sweden, due to their role in facilitating the German invasion. I was involved in building up the Norwegian oil industry and the guiding rule was not one cent was to go to Sweden.

  • @hsoderberg9929
    @hsoderberg99293 жыл бұрын

    I'm learning so much from 'Atlantic Crossing ' now showing in the States on PBS.

  • @leonardmartinez5383
    @leonardmartinez53833 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for educating those of us who are just now learning of Norway's courageous fight during this important part of WWII history. I was mesmerized with the PBS Masterpiece Theater "Atlantic Crossing" series. And now your documentary offers viewers a profound perspective of Norway's historical fight for democracy.

  • @TheophilusBoone
    @TheophilusBooneАй бұрын

    Most excellent films. I will see them all.

  • @tomjoseph1444
    @tomjoseph14443 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Didn't realize how many M1 Carbines had been sent. Even though I have studied military history most of my life, I know very little about Norway's role. I am curious though on a separate subject. How on earth did you obtain a 1970's Captains shirt from the Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker?

  • @randolphciurlino7255
    @randolphciurlino72553 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. As an American I know little of what happened in Norway. People should remember what resistance fighters did to stop the Nazis. I have subscribed. Thank you again for this.

  • @6060don
    @6060don3 жыл бұрын

    Preben Roll I am pleased to hear your story. There were many stories about Little Norway in the area. The training that the men from Norway was intense. This area of Canada has long cold winters with lots of snow. These men were probably right at home. If your father was a flier he may have been at Little Norway for a brief time because if he was trained to fly in Canada he could be posted to Western Canada or Southern Ontario where there were many training bases. I do know that at little Norway they had seaplanes and some training could have taken place there. There has been changes to the environment around the area of Little Norway but to the east in Algonquin Provincial Park you can see more easily what it may have been like in WWII. I have canoed there many years ago.

  • @Lassi117
    @Lassi1174 жыл бұрын

    very interesting

  • @lancecaldwell3874
    @lancecaldwell38743 жыл бұрын

    Very well done. I just watched.Atlantic Crossing and that series realy brought light to a country that has in my opinion been absent. For those who fought for thier freedom; will always have my respect and admiration. Peace be with you.

  • @howardnielsen6220
    @howardnielsen62203 жыл бұрын

    Thank You

  • @oldranger649
    @oldranger649 Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE READING the fan-comments; excellent. As a 1/4 Norwegian and another 1/4 Mutt Scandinavian and English and so on.. I have some affinity. I appreciate the subtlety of your presentation. Oh! My Goodness! I just saw that you are a Petersen; that is my Grand Mother's Maiden Name. Jeg angrer på at jeg ikke snakket norsk, men alle mine forfedre var opptatt med å bli amerikanske.

  • @candygirl6323
    @candygirl63233 жыл бұрын

    collaborators are always a constant factor for any country... England, Canada, the USA etc, .peoples loyalties will shift with the wind in dire times....history has shown this...

  • @jmofalltrades
    @jmofalltrades3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Minor thing in your summary of literary sources at the very end: "Fallskjermer over Vassfaret" was written by Paul M. Strande, not Paul Strange. Probably just a tiny spelling error on your part ;-)

  • @NorthernHistory

    @NorthernHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info!

  • @ToreVupius
    @ToreVupius3 жыл бұрын

    Fin fortælling af en interessant historie!

  • @cliffdexter38
    @cliffdexter38 Жыл бұрын

    I really liked this documentary. Great Job and even greater subject. For some reason I'm fascinated with Norway's ww2 experience. There is so little known about what happened on land. Plenty of info on the sea battles but I really appreciate the story's of the Army's land battles and the resistance efforts. I'd love to know more. Norway is Awesome !

  • @nickbenfell4327
    @nickbenfell43273 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @JG-mp5nb
    @JG-mp5nb3 жыл бұрын

    Well told account. Thanks to those who resisted!

  • @6060don
    @6060don3 жыл бұрын

    mapleleafsfan27 I had forgotten about the Bracebridge airport next to the Hwy. 11 it would have been fine for training. I didn't know about the memorial either. My father told me about the many Norwegians that came over to Canada to train during WWII. We lived at Sundridge which is not too far from the Bracebridge area. I learned recently that in the First World War there was a training base for the Army at Sundridge. Who knew. This is a great video. Well done. Thanks for sharing your story. By the way you have my condolences with regard the Leafs. I like the number though Mahavolich and Sittler. That's when they were great!

  • @peterwilkinson2912
    @peterwilkinson29122 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy your work and learning so much about your history. So this was a battle where Norwegian men fought Norwegian men (and German men)?

  • @NorthernHistory

    @NorthernHistory

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, there were Norwegians on both sides.

  • @robmiller1964
    @robmiller19643 жыл бұрын

    As a New Zealander who is a quarter Norwegian I am fascinated by desire to learn more about this beautiful country which also has wonderful Fjords!

  • @Absorption77
    @Absorption773 жыл бұрын

    You are wearing the Army Aviation Training School patch. Did you spend some time at Fort Rucker?

  • @willienolegs8928
    @willienolegs89283 жыл бұрын

    More stories,please.

  • @toffenloffen8033
    @toffenloffen80333 жыл бұрын

    have heard stories about narvik from the war. do you have any videos about it?

  • @raedwulf61
    @raedwulf614 ай бұрын

    My grandfather in Sandefjord buried the family radio in the garden. A minor act of resistance, but he wasn't going to surrender it to the Germans. At war's end, he dug it up.

  • @brianknowles7130
    @brianknowles71303 жыл бұрын

    If anybody doesn't know and is interested, the ' Shetland Bus ' story give some more information. I was lucky enough to hear the story whilst working for a short time in The Shetlands managed to buy a hardback copy book of the story and even get signed by some trawler men who were involved. Much admiration and respect to all of them.

  • @tobiashelgesen9
    @tobiashelgesen93 жыл бұрын

    Utrolig bra lagd video 👍

  • @robstai9110
    @robstai91103 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating story, one I was not aware of. I would be interested to know more about the number of soldiers involved, on both sides, if that information is available.

  • @nwofoe2866

    @nwofoe2866

    3 жыл бұрын

    also, questions about Sweden and Nazis can be answered but is complicated. Yes, they helped the Nazis early by transporting them to Finland border in north, to fight the Russians who invaded Finland. But Sweden also wanted good relations with Britain for shipping reasons. It takes more time to explain the whole story.

  • @markmobius4762
    @markmobius47623 жыл бұрын

    I spent 3 1/2 years at Kolsas (AFNORTH) I was British army. Great country and GREAT people.

  • @davidolien2828
    @davidolien28283 жыл бұрын

    I am proud to be Norwegian American.

  • @cacampbell3654
    @cacampbell36543 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this documentary so very much!! Thank you for making it!!! ❤️🌟👌🏾🤗🥰 I usually prefer to learn history from high quality historical fiction/drama, that works hard to keep the details meticulously accurate. And adds or subtracts for dramatic purposes as little as possible. Would love to watch a drama like the one made about the two Czech resistance fighters that successfully assassinated Heydrich and the terrible (barbaric ✅) reprisals. These stories need to be told to a global audience. And in a form that goes beyond the potential of documentaries, in terms of reaching people who won’t or simply don’t watch them! It’s the telling of the stories to people willing to listen, again and again, that breathes life into slogans like ‘Never Forget’!

  • @cherylbean521
    @cherylbean5213 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @granvillefery
    @granvillefery3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I hope in a future videos you mention the part that the red army played in liberating large parts of Northern norway

  • @martentrudeau6948
    @martentrudeau69483 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful history, I think that was a very smart way for the Resistance Fighters to end the battle at Haglebuvannet and it was the best way to end the conflict for both sides, peace was coming any way, Germany was on verge of collapse, it was only a matter of time a in 1945. It was a wise battle plan for everyone.

  • @cdnsk12

    @cdnsk12

    3 жыл бұрын

    The article says that many of the "Germans", were in fact Norwegians in the German Forces. So likely the Norwegians didn't want to kill other Norwegians even if they were in the German Military.

  • @martentrudeau6948

    @martentrudeau6948

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cdnsk12 ~ Northern Europeans are related anyway and Germans and Norwegians are not natural enemies, it's the money and politics that create wars, the average person has nothing to do with it, except fight the wars for the rich and powerful, and be canon fodder.

  • @oceanhome2023

    @oceanhome2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    NO MORE BROTHERS WARS EVER !!!!

  • @neilmurray6943
    @neilmurray69433 жыл бұрын

    God Bless A Free Norway!

  • @malcolmlane-ley2044
    @malcolmlane-ley20443 жыл бұрын

    Great story with real atmosphere created by your telling. Did you know the word Quisling became adopted in the English language to mean traitor or collaborator with the enemy?

  • @sidekickbob7227

    @sidekickbob7227

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's well known. During the war, someone draw a comic in one of the illegal news papers. It showed Quisling meeting Hitler in his office. Quisling says "hello mein Führer, I'm Quisling", and Hitler replies "and your name is?" (Quisling did meet Hitler once, and it's told that secret information/drawings was smuggled out of Germany, hidden in one of the wheels of his aircraft. )

  • @amyrichard3203
    @amyrichard32033 жыл бұрын

    Twenty years ago I talked to a German soldier retired and living in Florida. named Ziegner, who was wounded on all three Russian fronts, north, middle and south. They were going to send him back a fourth time, but they misspelled his name to the more common Ziegler, and instead he was sent to Norway for the last few months of the war. Which he seemed to enjoy, after Russia. He said it saved his life. A tough guy with three wounds, he showed me one of them. 85 years old, drinking a Becks and smoking a big cigar. Friendly as can be...

  • @southenglish1
    @southenglish13 жыл бұрын

    Ja, vi elsker dette landet! "Yes, we love this country"!

  • @aronandreas
    @aronandreas3 жыл бұрын

    Takk til 7 helter.

  • @phillipecook3227
    @phillipecook32273 жыл бұрын

    The story of young men across occupied Europe who willingly joined German military unts is an inconvenient truth which will never be written.

  • @PeterOkeefe54

    @PeterOkeefe54

    3 жыл бұрын

    given the state of things today turns out they were correct in joining the german fight against communism

  • @peterwoods5310

    @peterwoods5310

    3 жыл бұрын

    Each country overrun by the Nazis could be relied upon to provide a fighting contingent for Himmler's SS.

  • @Resologist

    @Resologist

    3 жыл бұрын

    Plenty of fascists, then and now, who will stupidly obey any tyrants and oppress human rights for their own petty profit,

  • @exothermicforstability7915
    @exothermicforstability79152 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @orgonsolo6291
    @orgonsolo62913 жыл бұрын

    Was looking for bloodiest battle in Norwegian History, this was the result... Glad it tuned out well for the militias. And gotta hand it to old King Olav, he spoke way better english than Stoltenberg does these days

  • @NorthernHistory

    @NorthernHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I don't doubt king Olav had plenty of time to refine his English while in Britain.

  • @xpost9381

    @xpost9381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, this video has nothing with anything close to "the bloodiest battle in Norway" as you call it.

  • @Mrtweet81

    @Mrtweet81

    3 жыл бұрын

    That wasn’t King Olav talking, that was the creator reading the script the King used…

  • @georgeasmundwiik6688
    @georgeasmundwiik66883 жыл бұрын

    My father was a merchant Seaman, during this time. He ended up in UK. Where he met my mum. He came From Alesund. And i have a photograph. Of him with Kong OLAV Yeah. Takk.🤔😗😙

  • @erlendlundvall

    @erlendlundvall

    3 жыл бұрын

    What was his name? Do you know the name of the ship(s) he served on?

  • @georgeasmundwiik6688

    @georgeasmundwiik6688

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erlendlundvall Hei Erland. Hyliiggi bra. Ja. Han heter Aksel byarne wiik, nai jeg ikke ikke kenner en ship's but the Photograph is from the Palace in Oslo, where He and my mum. Was Present. Also. My Father Knew the king. In a Personal capacity. Yeah,

  • @TFlexxx
    @TFlexxx3 жыл бұрын

    "Quisling" is today a word in English meaning "traitor". It comes from references in England to the Norwegian Quisling during the war.

  • @saandvi

    @saandvi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Quisling is pretty much a synonym to "traitor" in Norwegian. You can find this word in Norwegian dictionaries.

  • @robertmatch6550

    @robertmatch6550

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Westman. A great traitor man.

  • @ThiagoSantosdeMoraes
    @ThiagoSantosdeMoraes3 жыл бұрын

    Where's the link to the first part?

  • @nwofoe2866
    @nwofoe28663 жыл бұрын

    Sweden charged the Wehrmacht full fare on the trains to Norway, also sold 150,000 tons of Kiruna steel to Nazis annually. But this was used mostly against Stalin and Sweden saved most of Norway's Jews, about 60,000 of them. Also helped Norway soldiers across border.

  • @paladin0654
    @paladin06543 жыл бұрын

    Did you go to Rucker to train?

  • @stekarknugen9258
    @stekarknugen92583 жыл бұрын

    Interesting to see how the resistance fighters seemed to prefer smaller handier weapons like the M1 Carbine and sten guns.

  • @NorthernHistory

    @NorthernHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, though they used whatever they could get their hands on, and what could be supplied from Britain at their time.

  • @silentdeath7847

    @silentdeath7847

    3 жыл бұрын

    The sten gun at least, im my memory don't betray me. Was easy to conseal under a coat or something.

  • @simonbeck3701

    @simonbeck3701

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@silentdeath7847 Yes. It was very good as a close quarters weapon, and thus perfect for urban fighting. But the British and ? the US perhaps thought that the US made M1 Carbine which had twice the range would be more suitable for rural combat, where the range was greater.

  • @oceanhome2023

    @oceanhome2023

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have fired the M1 Carbine many times and it is quite more powerful than any MP and I would chose it over the Carabina98 any day.

  • @alanmydland5210
    @alanmydland52103 жыл бұрын

    May you always be ready

  • @paladinsix9285
    @paladinsix92853 жыл бұрын

    Takk.

  • @mikeysteelie7704
    @mikeysteelie77043 жыл бұрын

    A real life example of the movie "Red Dawn"! Enjoy

  • @patriciabracken7546
    @patriciabracken75463 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Norway. 💝💗💖💕💞

  • @ljimlewis
    @ljimlewis3 жыл бұрын

    Glad this popped up on my KZread. Didn’t realize even Norway would be divided by ideology. We got a problem in our America. A January 6, 2021 type of problem. Nobody will ever agree on everything but let’s watch out for the ones who don’t even want to agree on anything.

  • @jackcade68
    @jackcade683 жыл бұрын

    If the Germans had waited 24 hours history would show that the allies invaded Norway first, as the invasion fleet was already on it's way.

  • @NorthernHistory

    @NorthernHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    That we will never know.

  • @rizzochuenringe669

    @rizzochuenringe669

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NorthernHistory But we do know. that the British invasion force was already under its way, that's why they turned up so quickly in Narvik right after the Germans arrived there. Only a few hours later.

  • @tugmckiltoff1564

    @tugmckiltoff1564

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Westman. Not sure which history books you refer to but thank you for pointing out that we are to blame.

  • @tugmckiltoff1564

    @tugmckiltoff1564

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rizzochuenringe669 So World War ll was our fault. (We must be punished)

  • @rizzochuenringe669

    @rizzochuenringe669

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tugmckiltoff1564 Who is "we"?

  • @tugmckiltoff1564
    @tugmckiltoff15643 жыл бұрын

    Skol! (or Cheers) to our brave Norwegian friends!

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