I'm part Icelandic, my afi's name was Valdimar Helgason

Iceland declared independence after Denmark was invaded by Nazi Germany

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gREAT OPPURTUNITY

Helge (danish version of your patronym) is still a fairly common name here

by invaded do you mean, "ya sure guys come on in"

well, the troops at the border killed more Germans than the Germans killed Danes

but they were not at all ready for something like the invasion, so I can't really fault them

it's not like in Hearts of Iron, where you can block the entire german army at the strait to Fyn <:pepe_smug:378719408341909506>

Honestly norway could have done more to halt germans coming in to norway if the poleticians didnt cuck it up

I think the Danes realized that Hitler did nothing wrong...

they probably could, but it would also probably have cost Norway dearly

you guys should have fought

Well, Hitler did after all really, really love portraying the Scandinavians as noble and worthy people... lol

1/3 of the Canadian military was volunteer. they wanted to kill some fucking Nazis

my great grandfather didn't have to go and he did

the germans called the Danish occupation the "whipped cream front"

because it was a paradise being stationed there..

We had ample time, but and we had good intel, but we let them get a foothold inside the country

why not just fight like hell and never surrender?

the cold logic of the danes... smh

"I'm having a panic attack right now"

kinda tells you how sheltered they are

because the Danish army had no chance, even if it was fully mobilized

is what the politicians decided

Good morning fellow Nazis

heil victory

it was not a nation of brainwashed fanatics, like Japan

Well, denmark saved alot of jews tough

they did

there were, after all, people who knew what was coming

so denmark was fucked from the start?

yes

they knew it was going to happen, though the politicians stubbornly refused to do any kind of preparation, fearing it would instead provoke the germans

and cause the attack to be much more violent

they pulled a belgium?

and I think they might have been right on that one, but who can say

the only reason there was resistance at the border initially, is because they were not told in advance to stand down

an effective resistance movement did form though, with lots of help from the british