German machine gunner offering protective cover for German troops landing in the port of Oslo, Norway, April 28, 1940. (De Agostini Picture Library / Biblioteca Ambrosiana) I was sitting in our ...

In April 1940, as German forces launched Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway, the light cruiser Königsberg took part ...

I was sitting in our apartment in Glendale, Calif., but I may as well have been on another planet that day in 1993. My grandmother, helping me with a sixth-grade report, was vividly recalling the ...

The sinking of the heavy cruiser 'Blucher' in the Oslofjord, hit by the naval guns of the fortress at Oscarsborg 09.April 1940 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Norway has been ...

The battle for Norway cost Germany and Britain dearly. A prime minister, naval strength and even the ability to mount an invasion of Britain were among the casualties. Eric Grove considers the ...

The German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945 witnessed a remarkable building campaign to align this northern land with Hitler’s New Order. From gleaming highways and ideal cities to maternity ...

Nazi propaganda broadcaster William “Lord Haw-Haw” Joyce reports on the Allies' plans to lay mines in Norwegian waters to hamper the progress of German shipping. Norway wanted to retain neutrality and ...

I was sitting in our apartment in Glendale, California, but I may as well have been on another planet that day in 1993. My grandmother, helping me with a sixth-grade report, was vividly recalling the ...