German Norwegian Army

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German Norwegian Army (Armeeoberkommando Norwegen, abbr. AOK Norwegen) was one of the two army-level headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was directly subordinate to OKW, the high command headquarters of the Wehrmacht. It was created from Group XXI in December of 1940, and disbanded in December of 1944 with its assets taken over by the Twentieth Mountain Army.

Contents 1 Operations 2 Assets 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Operations

The German Norwegian Army took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. In talks between Finnish and German staffs in Helsinki in June 1941, the Germans were given military responsibility over northern Finland; Army Norway was to take Murmansk and the Murmansk railway. The plan was codenamed Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox).

[edit] Assets

German Norwegian Army (Falkenhorst)

• From of January 1941:
  • XXXIII Corps
  • XXXVI Corps
  • Mountain Corps Norway (Gebirgskorps Norwegen)

• From of July 1941: (during Operation Silberfuchs)
  • XXXIII Corps
  • XXXVI Corps
  • LXX Corps
  • Mountain Corps Norway

• From of September 1941:
  • XXXIII Corps
  • XXXVI Corps
  • LXX Corps
  • Mountain Corps Norway
  • Finnish III Corps

• From of March 1942: (after creation of German Twentieth Mountain Army)
  • XXXIII Corps
  • LXX Corps
  • LXXI Corps

[edit] See also

• Twentieth Mountain Army

[edit] References

• "Armee Norwegen". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved May 11, 2005.

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