On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:47:16 +0100, Bradipus wrote:
> Kelbert Hawsing, 21:52, lunedì 23 gennaio 2012:
>
>>>Well given the choice between the UK not getting vital supplies and a
>>>third rate infantry division I think I'd take the UK being
>>>inconvenienced.
>>
>> Fide Wikipedia, the German garrison in Norway was counted in hundred of
>> thousands. Sweden is easier terrain, but larger and more populous. I
>> doubt that one division would be anywhere near sufficient. Apparently
>> even Denmark has a garrison of 200,000 troops.
>>
>> http://www.milhist.dk/besattelsen/ww2stat/ww2stat.html
>
>
> Of course Norway and Danemark were more in danger of Allied invasion
> than an occupied *Sweden.
I think the word you need is 'liberation' rather than 'invasion'.
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