Norway
From Turtledove
[edit] Norway in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Norway fell to Germany in 1940, and became a part of the Germanic Empire when the Axis emerged from the Second World War victorious. The country was controlled by the Nasjonal Samling, the nation's Fascist party.
In 2010, when Führer Heinz Buckliger began reforms throughout the German Empire, he received an award from the Nasjonal Samling. During the failed Putsch against Buckliger, Norway joined with Britain, Sweden, Finland, and others calling for Buckliger's release and restoration to power.
As Aryans, the Norwegians were spared the horrors the Nazis inflicted upon non-Aryan groups.
[edit] Norway in Southern Victory
Norway was neutral in the Great War and attempted to remain neutral when a second round of warfare broke out in Europe in 1941. However, in the first year of the Second Great War, Britain violated its neutrality by launching an invasion.
The British had hoped Norway would be defeated easily and would provide Entente forces with an avenue by which to outflank Germany's forces in the Low Countries. Also, Britain hoped to secure Narvik as a source of iron ore, and intended that the whole country to serve as a strategically-placed naval base. However, with German support, the Norwegians were able to defeat the British army and repel the invasion. Norway then became a minor ally of the Central Powers.
Norway's geographic location offered the German High Seas Fleet ports on the open ocean. It also gave the Germans the use of the Hydro Norsk heavy water plant. Heavy water is important to the building of superbombs.
[edit] Norway in Worldwar
Norway was invaded by Adolf Hitler's armies in the spring of 1940 and occupied throughout World War II and the Race Invasion. Norway was crucial to the German war effort in that it provided heavy water for making atomic bombs. Norway was recognized as a German territory at the Peace of Cairo.
