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Aabenraa
The city of Aabenraa or Åbenrå (Apenrade,; Sønderjysk: Affenråe), with a population of 15,814 (1 January 2014), is at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, in Denmark, north of the town of Schleswig.
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Aalborg
Aalborg, is Denmark's fourth largest city with an urban population of 136,000, including 22,000 in the twin city Nørresundby 600 meters across the Limfjord.
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Abild
Abild is a village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden.
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Abwehr
The Abwehr was the German military intelligence service for the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht from 1920 to 1945.
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Amalienborg
Amalienborg is the home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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April 9th (film)
April 9th (9.) is a 2015 Danish war film directed by Roni Ezra and starring Pilou Asbæk and Lars Mikkelsen.
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Armored car (military)
A military armored (or armoured) car is a lightweight wheeled armored fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks.
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Barracks
A barrack or barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers.
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Bicycle infantry
Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on (or, more often, between) battlefields using military bicycles.
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Bofors 37 mm
The Bofors 37 mm gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s.
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Bornholm
Bornholm (Burgundaholmr) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of the westernmost part of Poland.
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Christian X of Denmark
Christian X (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only king of Iceland (where the name was officially Kristján X), between 1918 and 1944.
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Coastal artillery
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.
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Danish Brigade in Sweden
The Danish Brigade in Sweden (Danish: Den Danske Brigade i Sverige) or in short, the Danish Brigade (Den Danske Brigade/DDB) (also referred to as Danforce) was a military unit made up of Danish refugees during World War II.
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David T. Zabecki
David T. Zabecki (born 1947) is an American military historian, author and editor.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.
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Denmark in World War II
During most of World War II, Denmark was first a protectorate, then an occupied territory under Germany.
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DISA (company)
DISA is a company founded in Denmark (with the name Compagnie Madsen A/S) which since 1900 has produced metal casting products.
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Dornier Do 17
The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), was a light bomber of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Esbjerg
Esbjerg is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark.
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Fallschirmjäger
Fallschirmjäger is the German word for paratroopers.
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Falster
Falster is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.
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Fokker C.V
The Fokker C.V was a Dutch light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Fokker.
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Funen
Funen (Fyn), with an area of, is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy.
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Gedser
Gedser is a town at the southern tip of the Danish island of Falster in the Guldborgsund Municipality in Sjælland region.
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German Army (Wehrmacht)
The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946.
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German resistance to Nazism
German resistance to Nazism (German: Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus) was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945.
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Great Belt
The Great Belt (Storebælt) is a strait between the major islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn) in Denmark.
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Haderslev
Haderslev (German) is a Danish town of Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 21,574 (1 January 2014).
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Hauptmann
Hauptmann is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer's rank in the German, Austrian and Swiss armies.
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Heinkel He 111
The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.
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Helsingør
Helsingør, classically known in English as Elsinore, is a city in eastern Denmark.
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Henschel Hs 126
The Henschel Hs 126 was a German two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft of World War II that was derived from the Henschel Hs 122.
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Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952.
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Jutland
Jutland (Jylland; Jütland), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (Cimbricus Chersonesus; Den Kimbriske Halvø; Kimbrische Halbinsel), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany.
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Kampfgeschwader 4
Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" (KG 4) (Battle Wing 4) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.
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Kastellet, Copenhagen
Kastellet, (English: The Citadel) located in Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the best preserved star fortresses in Northern Europe.
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Korsør
Korsør is a Danish town and port.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine (literally "War Navy") was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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Leonhard Kaupisch
Leonhard Kaupisch (1 September 1878 – 26 September 1945) was a German General der Flieger, and from 1940 a General der Artillerie, whose military service spanned almost five decades.
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Little Belt
The Little Belt is a strait between the island of Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark.
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Lundtoftbjerg
Lundtoftbjerg is an area 1 mile south of the small village Lundtoft in the southern part of Jutland, Denmark where the first fightings between Danish and German troops took place in 1940.
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Masnedø
Masnedø is a Danish island between Zealand and Falster.
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Messerschmitt Bf 110
--> The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known non-officially as the Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerstörer—German for "Destroyer") and fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or Jabo) developed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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Middelgrundsfortet
Middelgrundsfortet or Fort Middelgrund is a sea fort located on an artificial island in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Malmö.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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Nordic race
The Nordic race was one of the putative sub-races into which some late-19th to mid-20th-century anthropologists divided the Caucasian race.
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Nyborg
Nyborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Nyborg Municipality on the island of Funen and with a population of 16,528 (as of 1 January 2014).
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Operation Weserübung
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.
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OPROP!
OPROP! (Opraab! in correct 1940-Danish; proclamation) was a German leaflet dropped over several Danish cities at the German invasion of Denmark on April 9, 1940.
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Oslo Airport, Fornebu
Oslo Airport, Fornebu (Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu) was the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998.
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Padborg
Padborg (Pattburg) is a Danish border town with a population of 4,455 (1 January 2014) located on the border with Germany.
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Pamphlet
A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding).
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Panzer
The word Panzer is a German word that means "armour" or specifically, "tank".
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Patrol boat
A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties.
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Reichskriegsflagge
Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag) was the official name of the war flag and war ensign used by the German armed forces from 1867 to 1945.
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Roskilde
Roskilde, located west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand, is the main city in Roskilde Municipality.
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Royal Danish Army
The Royal Danish Army (Hæren) is the land-based branch of the Danish Defence, together with the Danish Home Guard.
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Royal Life Guards (Denmark)
The Royal Life Guards (Den Kongelige Livgarde) is an infantry regiment of the Danish Army, founded in 1658 by King Frederik III.
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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.
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SS Pompeji
Pompeji was a cargo ship which was built in 1939 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg.
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SS Stettin (1933)
Stettin is a steam icebreaker built by the shipyard Stettiner Oderwerke in 1933.
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Storstrøm Bridge
The Storstrøm Bridge (Storstrømsbroen) is a road and railway arch bridge that crosses Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø in Denmark.
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Sweden during World War II
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.
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Tønder
Tønder (Tondern) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark.
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Tinglev
Tinglev (Tingleff) is a town with a population of 2,729 (1 January 2014) in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark.
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Tugboat
A tug (tugboat or towboat) is a type of vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them either by direct contact or by means of a tow line.
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Værløse
Værløse is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge.
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Warnemünde
Warnemünde (literally Mouth of the Warnow) is a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany.
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Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral and chief of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944.
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William Wain Prior
William Wain Prior (July 18, 1876 – March 9, 1946) was a Danish generalløjtnant (lieutenant general) and the commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Army from 1939 to 1941.
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Wolfgang Falck
Wolfgang Falck (19 August 1910 in Berlin – 13 March 2007) was a German officer during World War II.
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Zealand
Zealand (Sjælland), at 7,031 km2, is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger).
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10th Air Corps
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170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 170th Infantry Division (German: 170. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)
