April 1940...
Colonel Johansen reflects:
Placing the real and in some cases, imagined Nazi sympathizers in "protective custody" and suspending selected publishing and radio liscences may have been constitutionaly questionable, but it was worth it.
When the German invasion came, there were no "mixed messages". The reserves mobilized and everyone did his duty. Well....some with noticably more enthusiasm than others.
The mobilized Norweigan reserves turned German advances into endless slugging matches. Elite French and British reinforcements were used in well coordinated counter attacks. Six weeks later, the German invaders were just too few in number and too lightly equipped to capture Norway.
Colonel Johansen could not avoid noticing the high levels of German profesionalism. Even when retreating, there was no panic. Rather, German units fought skillfull delaying actions that led to the allies giving up the chase in many cases. Almost all German units were evacuated with much of their equipment by sea and air.
What happens next?
Does Norway join the west as a full ally?
Do British and French units become uninvited guests?
Do the allies use Norway to open bombing campaigns against Germany and intercept Swedish iron ore barges?