RAF engages German aircraft over Norway in patrols and dogfights
British Royal Air Force units fought German planes along the Norwegian coast with reconnaissance and combat missions. One British pilot skimmed Stavanger airfield at 50 feet, counting German craft, while a crew pursued a Heinkel for 30 minutes, delivering hits before the German escaped into a cloud. Two other German planes were damaged in clashes.
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London
Royal Air Force
Stavanger
Podges
Saprty
Heinkel
Norwegian Troops Fend Elverum as Germans Rise
Swedish frontier town Elverum sees fierce fighting as Norwegian forces defend the capital from German invaders. About 200 Norwegians killed or wounded. German losses unknown. Royal family and government fled from Oslo to Elverum. Warplanes aid the attackers and reinforcements move in.
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Stockholm
Elverum
Oslo
Elverun
Johan Nyaardsvold
Hamar
Moscow
Aftonbladet
Russia
Scandinavia
England
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
British Recapture Bergen and Trondheim Reported
Reports from London and Stockholm claim British forces recaptured the western Norwegian cities of Bergen and Trondheim after German occupation. A sea battle near Marstrand in the Skagerrak saw British fleet units sink two German troopships and scatter the rest, with heavy air support and ships maneuvering from 6 P M to shortly before nine.
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London
Bergen
Tronheim
Stockholm
Sweden
Marstrand
Skagerrak
Marstrad
U S Subscribes To Caution In Scandinavian Situation
Berlin reports German naval units at Narvik repelled a British attack, destroying three destroyers and badly damaging another early today. Oslo occupation aftermath noted with an estimated 120 Norwegian deaths.
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U.S
Berlin
Narvik
High Command
Oslo
Iceland Drops Danish Yoke and shifts foreign powers
The Icelandic Parliament, oldest in the world, takes control of Iceland's foreign affairs due to the German occupation of Denmark. A unanimous resolution states the ministry will conduct these powers, while Denmark's role in Icelandic affairs was mainly in foreign relations and fisheries. Separately in Washington, the Roosevelt administration flags caution on credits to Scandinavian countries via the Export-Import Bank, awaiting guidance before any policy change, with Denmark and Norway credit allocations noted.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Denmark
Christian X
Danish-Icelandic Union
Washington
Jesse Jones
Federal Loan
White House
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Jones
State Department
Norway
Britain Sinks Five Of Germanys Eight Cruisers NBC Reports
A London broadcast quoted by NBC states the Admiralty announced the British navy sank five of the eight German cruisers at the start of the war.
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New York
London
NBC Today
Germany
FDR Sweeps Illinois By Margin of 6 to 1
In Illinois Franklin D Roosevelt achieved a six to one victory over Garner, signaling strong demand for his renomination. Dewey led in Nebraska with Vandenberg close behind. both were unopposed in Illinois. Nebraska’s senatorial race saw Burke trailing Cochran as Slattery won renomination for the Democratic term.
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Thomas B. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Midwest
Nebraska
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Wisconsin
Michigan
Roosevelt
Garner
Ilinois
New Yorker
Cutor
Edward Burke
R.L. Cochran
Burke
Slattery
J. Hamilton Lewis
Kelly-Nash-Horner Organization
Harry B. Hershey
John Stelle
Norway Resolved to Fight German Invasion
The Norwegian government will continue to resist the German invasion officials said after receiving apparently authentic word from reliable sources. A Stockholm broadcast reported Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold announced the decision to keep fighting for Norway’s independence.
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Washington
Stockholm
Johan Nygaardsvold
British Troops Landing Report at Narvik Port
A neutral source claimed a British naval flotilla returned to Narvik after a dawn raid, forced an entrance to the fjord, and began landing mar ines. No confirmation from British naval sources. report considered plausible given reported German destroyer damage.
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London
Narvik
British and German Navies Clash in Narvik Battle
The British and German fleets fought a major dawn battle off Norway near Narvik. British losses included two destroyers sunk and others damaged. Germany claimed sunk ships and the bombardment continued as shore batteries opened fire. Chamberlain reported a British victory with several merchant ships sunk and the Ravensfeldt blown up.
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Middleton
London
Scandinavia
Norway
Narvik
Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Narvik Fjord
War Pictures Show Blitzkrieg Tactics Across Europe
The page previews late AP and NEA images detailing Scandinavian blitzkrieg and the German rapid invasion. War Today coverage promised on page three highlights how German engineers executed the double quick strike.
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Europe
NEA
Halifax vows Allies will aid Norway despite German pressure
London April 10 Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax said the Allies would resist any German move on Norway and warned negotiations under duress would not change Britain's stance. He stated the naval and Allied efforts would continue, and a full parliamentary statement was planned.
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Norwegian
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
London
Lord Halifax
Germany
Norway
North Sea
Atlantic
The
Scandinavia
Halifax
Britain
France
Germans Admit Loss Of Two Cruisers In Norwegian Conflict
Berlin reports two German cruisers sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries during a landing in Norway. Despite heavy resistance Germany says a mutually satisfactory agreement with Norway will be reached within hours. German authorities claim Oslo and several other Norwegian cities are now in German hands.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Hamar
Oslo
Norwegia
Plan for removal of Americans from Norway and Denmark
State Department outlined broad removal plans for Americans from Norway and Denmark. It described several escape routes including by freighter to England from Bergen and Trondheim, then to America, or south from Oslo to Germany with Nazi transit, then to Italy and Genoa where the United States Line touches.
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Norway
Denmark
State Department
England
Bergen
Trondheim
America
Oslo
Germany
Italy
Genoa
United States
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