the Swedes also remained neutral in WWII. now, granted, Norway also wanted to remain neutral, but this naturally became rather difficult when Germany invaded us...
but Sweden remained neutral, and some call this the Swedish Sin. they let Norwegians seek refuge there but also didn't resist the Nazis.
Norway was seen as important to the Nazis because it was a convenient place to invade Britain from. also, we made heavy water, considered to be important for the development of the Nazi atomic bomb. Norwegian resistance fighters, collaborating with Scotland, sabotaged that by blowing up the plant that manufactured it though, considerably hampering the Germans' efforts in that regard.
but Sweden remained neutral, and some call this the Swedish Sin. they let Norwegians seek refuge there but also didn't resist the Nazis.
Norway was seen as important to the Nazis because it was a convenient place to invade Britain from. also, we made heavy water, considered to be important for the development of the Nazi atomic bomb. Norwegian resistance fighters, collaborating with Scotland, sabotaged that by blowing up the plant that manufactured it though, considerably hampering the Germans' efforts in that regard.
Norway was largely caught pants down by the Nazi invasion. we had seen little need to have anything resembling a sizeable army.
the situation is similar today; we rely heavily on US, UK, etc, to save our asses if we get invaded. our forces are only scaled to impede an invader temporarily until somebody comes to our rescue.
our preparedness for a pandemic has also been judged to be rather lacking, by a commission that recently published a report on it. medical experts had been warning the government for years that a pandemic was a very likely scenario (much like Bill Gates had been doing) but the government did nothing about it.
they say this might cost our prime minister and her party the next election.
the situation is similar today; we rely heavily on US, UK, etc, to save our asses if we get invaded. our forces are only scaled to impede an invader temporarily until somebody comes to our rescue.
our preparedness for a pandemic has also been judged to be rather lacking, by a commission that recently published a report on it. medical experts had been warning the government for years that a pandemic was a very likely scenario (much like Bill Gates had been doing) but the government did nothing about it.
they say this might cost our prime minister and her party the next election.
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