Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
ATTACKER’S CAPABILITIES
The Luftwaffe in the lightning conquest
German Order of Battle, 9 April 1940
DEFENDER’S CAPABILITIES
The Norwegians and their allies
Norwegian Army Order of Battle
Allied Order of Battle, 9 April 1940
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
German initial planning
THE CAMPAIGN
The dawn of all-arms warfare
ANALYSIS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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A history of the innovative German air campaign that ensured victory in the rapid conquest of Norway, and an analysis of its importance to World War II and the development of air power.

About the Author

Dr James Corum is a retired US Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. He taught military history at Salford University, UK, from 2014 to 2019, and was dean of the Baltic Defence College from 2009 to 2014. From 1991 to 2004, he served as a professor at the US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies. From 2005 to 2008 he was an associate professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College. Dr Corum is the author of several books on military history, including The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform (1992); The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940 (1997); Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen, Master of the German Air War (2008); The Luftwaffe’s Way of War: German Air Doctrine,1911–1945, with Richard Muller (1998); Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists, with Wray Johnson (2003); Fighting the War on Terror: A Counterinsurgency Strategy (2007); and Bad Strategies: How Major Powers Fail in Counterinsurgency (2008).