usertron2020
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If they are in uniform, with no red flags, it's over in a day...
In strictest military terms, the Norwegians would have been slaughtered in an uprising. But the human element in this scenario is HUGE. With no real SS in the country, with Germany overrun, even with Hitler's presence, wouldn't only the future suicides try to fight? The ones so fanatical they killed themselves when they'd heard Hitler did? But wouldn't such people already be in the SS, in the last remaining SS units in Bohemia, Slovenia, Central Austria, and Southern Bavaria? Without the fanaticism, what keeps the German troops from just surrendering en masse to anyone (in uniform, but they won't care if the uniform has been in a trunk for 5 years) anywhere outside Hitler's line-of-sight? Once the entire Fatherland is overrun, what's the point of further fighting? I know people might want to bring up the Captive Nations forces that fought on the side of the British as their countries were occupied, but there was hope for them. What hope exists for the rescue of Nazi Germany? None.The Norwegians had one of the most active resistance movements in western Europe. It had the support of nearly everyone to a greater of lesser degree and was receiving major aid from Britain via the "Shetland Bus" (in Orkney airport we still have some pieces of one of the small boats used to shuttle people back and forth). IIRC it actually did shift to conventional warfare against the invaders towards the very end, so this pretty much happened anyway.
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