Forcible Entry and the German Invasion of Norway, 1940
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND THE GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY, 1940 A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ARTS AND SCIENCES Strategy by MICHAEL W. RICHARDSON, MAJ, USA B.S., University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 1989 B.S., University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 1989 M.S.B.A., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1996 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2001 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. i MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE THESIS APPROVAL PAGE Name of Candidate: MAJ Michael W. Richardson Thesis Title: Forcible Entry and the German Invasion of Norway, 1940 Approved by: _______________________________________, Thesis Committee Chairman Marvin L. Meek, M.S., M.M.A.S. _______________________________________, Member Justin L.C. Eldridge, M.A., M.S.S.I. _______________________________________, Member Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D. Accepted this 1st day of June 2001 by: _______________________________________, Director, Graduate Degree Programs Philip J. Brookes, Ph.D. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student author and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency. (References to this study should include the foregoing statement.) 1 i 1 i 1 ABSTRACT FORCIBLE ENTRY AND THE GERMAN INVASION OF NORWAY, 1940, by MAJ Michael W. Richardson, 106 pages. The air-sea-land forcible entry of Norway in 1940 utilized German operational innovation and boldness to secure victory. The Germans clearly met, and understood, the conditions that were necessary to achieve victory.
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