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What role did Victor Quisling play in the Nazi takeover of Norway?
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His name was "Vidkun Quisling", and he was the leader of a party called "Nasjonal Samling" (National gatherness). He sympathized with the nazi-regime and was Hitler's Norwegian leader.
He was shot after the war, and the name Quisling was forbidden in Norway, and today means traitor in the dictionary.
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Who was the Head of nazi government in Norway?
Vidkun Quisling
What is a Quisling?
Vidkun Quisling was the Nazi Gauleiter in Norway in WW2; Quisling is the name of a Traitor, someone who supports a foreign power against his own country: A Traitor.
Vidkun Quisling was among the fifth columnists who betrayed their country which was?
Vidkun Quisling was a politician from Norway who betrayed his country by collaborating with the Nazi's during the World War II.
Adolph Hitler and Quisling?
Quisling was the 'Benedict Arnold' of the nation of Norway. After the Nazi invasion they installed Quisling - a Norwegian national - as the head of the Norwegian puppet government. Today in his own country his name is synonymous with treason and traitors.
Who was quisling?
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. He was a friend of the Nazis and was Prime Minister of the Nazi puppet government after the Germans invaded Norway. After the war, he was shot by a firing squad as a traitor. "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" ever since.
Who was vidkun quisling?
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. He was a friend of the Nazis and was Prime Minister of the Nazi puppet government after the Germans invaded Norway. After the war, he was shot by a firing squad as a traitor. "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" ever since.
Who was the ruler of Norway during world war 2?
King Haakon , but he and the Norwegian government fled to England and in his place the Nazi stooge Vidkun Quisling (a traitor) was nominally in charge but Norway was really controlled by the German Nazi Josef Terboven .
What was someones name that started with Q in world war 2?
The most likely is QUISLING - Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician with Nazi sympathies, who assisted the German invasion of Norway and became Prime Minister immediately afterwards. This appointment was never legitimate, since is was refused royal approval; but Quisling ruled Norway until the German defeat, when he was arrested, tried for treason and shot.
Who helped the Germans attack and conquer Norway in 1940?
Vidkun Quisling was the Norwegian pro Nazi... his name became a by word for traitor. i don't think the Germans had or needed help to over run Norway.
What word begins with q and is invoVld in the world war 2?
Quisling, who was a Norwegian Nazi, and who betrayed his own country to help the German Nazis when they invaded Norway. Calling someone a "Quisling" is like calling them a Benedict Arnold. Quisling and his fellow Norwegian traitors were the "fifth column", a term which has become synonymous with internal traitorous betrayal. Quisling's actions were within a year before Pearl Harbor, and were in the minds of American leaders when they forced the Japanese-Americans into internment camps, to prevent any treachery from them such as Quisling had done.
When the Nazis invaded different countries did the people become Nazis themselves?
No they didn't, but in some countries the Nazis had supporters who became the governing power. For example in Norway Vidkun Quisling was the Nazi Gauleiter & Quisling is now a word meaning traitor. The Nazis had popularity in Germany & to a lesser extent in Austria, but were never accepted in the countries that they occupied.
What are the release dates for Nazi Collaborators - 2010 Vidkun Quisling - 1.6?
Nazi Collaborators - 2010 Vidkun Quisling - 1.6 was released on: UK: 21 December 2010 USA: 22 November 2011 Finland: 13 November 2012
