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.
Denmark was occupied by the Germans in WW2. This was a very benevolent occupation as King Christian X basically surrendered.
Denmark was occupied by the Germans in WWII.
Austria, Czecoslovakia, Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Danzig, Memel Territory, Yugoslavia, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, USSR, Channel Islands and Italy
England could have easily been invaded by the Germans if Hitler had decided to invade England. He chose to invade Russia instead.
Operation Barbarossa is a code name that was used by the Germans in the second World War. It referred to their mission to invade the Soviet Union.
Denmark did not invade Scotland.
The Germans was the first one to discorver Denmark
The NAtion that invaded Denmark was the Germans
Invade Norway.
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Denmark was invaded by Germany in 1940
In 1940 the Germans needed to invade Norway. Operation Weserubung was necessary to prevent the British from occupying Norway, Narvik was an important port for the supply of Swedish iron ore the Germans needed. It is ice free in winter, wheras the Baltic is frozen. Denmark was between Germany & Norway & was occupied. Denmark was also needed to supply food for Germany.
They invaded Denmark in 1940, and left in 1945.
The Germans invaded as many as 15 countries. First, they invaded the Rhineland, then Czechoslovakia, the Saarland, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Libya, Crete, and a large part of the Soviet Union.
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No, it was in 1939.