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    9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations
    9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations
    9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations
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    9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations

    By Major Brian T. Baxley

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    Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Norway during the Second World War, is considered by many military historians to be the first joint military operation involving the combined planning and execution of air, land, and sea forces. After a brief introduction and an explanation of the significance of Norway, Chapter Three will analyze the planning process and strategy used by the Germans in late 1939 and early 1940 for devising this joint operation. Chapter Four examines, primarily from an airpower perspective, the plan itself and its execution during the first day of the operation by the Germans, and the British response. Chapter Five determines how German airpower was used, and in particular, what effect the Luftwaffe attack on 9 April against the British Home Fleet had against Britain’s campaign strategy to control the North Sea. The final chapter examines three important lessons United States military planners should extract from Operation Weserübung and apply to operations in the 21st century. They are: 1) the joint operation of air, land, and sea assets produce a synergetic effect greater than the sum of their parts; 2) a difficult part of joint operations is the air command and control; and 3) airpower can decisively deny the enemy use of the land or the sea.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLucknow Books
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782897057
    9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations
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    Major Brian T. Baxley

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      9 April 1940 German Invasion Of Norway - The Dawn Of Decisive Airpower During Joint Military Operations - Major Brian T. Baxley

       This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1997 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2014, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

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      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      9 APRIL 1940 GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY—THE DAWN OF DECISIVE AIRPOWER DURING JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS

      BY MAJOR BRIAN T. BAXLEY

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      Preface 5

      Abstract 6

      Chapter 1 — Introduction 7

      Chapter 2 — Norway in 1940 9

      Strategic Significance 9

      Resources 9

      Geography 9

      The Politics of Neutrality 11

      Chapter 3 — German Plans and Strategy 12

      The Planning Staff 12

      German Military Theory 12

      German Joint Training 12

      Concept of Operations 13

      Command and Control 14

      A Joint Operation 15

      Chapter 4 — Operation Weserübung 16

      German Operations 16

      Prior to W Day 17

      W Day 18

      British Response 18

      Chapter 5 — Decisive German Airpower during Operation Weserübung 20

      Luftwaffe Support of Landing Operations 20

      Luftwaffe Attack on the British Home Fleet 21

      Chapter 6 — Lessons for Today’s Military 23

      Joint Synergism 23

      Command and Control 23

      Decisive Airpower 24

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 26

      Appendix A — Units Involved in Operation Weserübung 27

      Table 1. Luftwaffe Units Assigned to Fliegerkorps X 27

      Table 2. All Luftwaffe Aircraft Used for the Invasion of Norway 27

      Table 3. Royal Air Force (British) Aircraft Involved in Operation Weserübung 28

      Table 4. Deployment of Luftwaffe Units from 8-10 April 1940 28

      Table 5. German Ground and Sea Order of Battle 28

      Bibliography 29

      Preface

      Several outstanding books about Operation Weserübung were instrumental in my analysis of what happened to Norway in April of 1940.

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