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Denmark was invaded mainly because it provided an excellent staging ground for Invasion of Norway airbases and the use of Norway's Fjords allowed the following:

9million tonnes of Iron ore to be transported from Sweden via Narvik (in north Norway) safely

The Altmark' incident convinced Hitler that neutral shipping was not safe from the Royal Navy

Norway also provided airbases to control passage for German warships and submarines into the Atlantic to disrupt allied convoys.

Norwegian airfields also gave bases for the bombing of Britain during the Blitz.

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