Norway WW2 Propaganda Collection: The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940 and ended on 8 May 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht. Civil rule was effectively assumed by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen (“Reich Commissariat of Norway”), which acted in collaboration with a pro-German puppet government, led by Vidkun Quisling, a professional soldier and a leader of Norwegian Nazi party, Nasjonal Samling (“National Gathering”), while the Norwegian king and legitimate government continued to operate in exile from London. This period of military occupation — usually referred to as the “war years” or “occupation period” in Norway — had defining significance for Norwegian society.
Norway WW2 Propaganda Posters:
Posters during Norway before occupation:
Posters during German Occupation:
1941 With Quisling for the new Norway
1941 Help from England
1942 be a policeman!
1942 For Freedom
1942 Towards Brighter Times
1942 Is That How You Want It?
1943 Either – Or
1945 All For Norway! Norwegian Front
Published by German Occupiers:
1941 Join us in North! Norwegian SS Skihunterbattaliion
1941 Front Against Bolshevism. Where do you stand today?
1942 With the Waffen-SS and the Norwegian Legion Against the Common Enemy… Against Bolshevism
1942 Norwegians. Fight for Norway
1943 Action for Norway. Support the Frontkemperkontoret
1943 United Front Against Bolshevism
1944 Our Honor Is Loyalty
Published by the Allies:
1940-45 Norway Fights! On Land – On Sea – In the Air
1940-45 Norwegian Sailors on the Seven Seas
1940-45 Sabotage in Norway
1941 Help Norway. Norwegian Relief
1941 Norway Suffers! Aid Norway. Norwegian Relief
1942 Norway Needs Our Help! American Relief For Norway
1943 An Open Letter To The Unconquerable Norwegians By Joseph Auslander
1943 Norway …- a fighting Ally!
Posters during Norway after occupation:
Norway WW2 Military Art:
Finn Wigforss – Krigens Ansikt – Face of War:
Eastern Front through the eyes of a Norwegian volunteer of the SS troops.
The Face of War
The Face of War
The Face of War
In words and pictures, the war correspondents describe the course of the battle
Towards the east:
Goodbye and see you again
To the east the columns roll
A Norwegian fighter on the march forward
Baptism of fire:
Violent and devastating, the shells from the enemy artillery and the bombs from the red planes hit our positions
Scouts in No Man’s Land
After them, the support team moves forward
The infantry goes to attack
The seconds are used to rush into the enemy’s entrenchments
The enemy bunker stands to fall
The Bolshevik crew is caught off guard
Our weapons speak
After a fierce battle, an enemy bunker is taken
Captured
The barbed wire barriers that lie all over the terrain slow down the advance
For the man, there are no decisive obstacles
Hit. A critical situation at the machine gun station
Without hesitation, without thought of the danger to his own life, he runs forward
and brings to wounded comrade to safety
In the heat of battle
Prepared for anything:
The most serious consequences for operations can occur if the connection clicks
Drenchingly wet and knee-deep in mud, our men advance
Efforts to get supplies to get supplies to the front lines
The poor Russian roads have been transformed into meter-deep dirt and mud
Under the Northern Lights
Loading ammunition at an airfield
Fight requires sacrifice
Defiance in everything
Night on the no mans land
A People’s Tragedy:
Mother and child on the run with their meager possessions
Pauline is her name
Bolshevik blessing
Ivan Bombs
Her only possession
A Cigarette
A Face of an Adult
A Fight against criminals:
Bolshevik gangs are often not careful in their use of methods
The civilian population is driven in front
The gang bunker is stormed. They are coming up in German uniforms
This is how it usually ends
and Against Partisans:
SS troops sent to clean the forest from partisans
On watchful alertness
A short break in the fight after a result has been achieved
Over swamps and marshes
A few moments later, the over-tumble is a fact
The men behind weapons:
A volunteer
Sentry on a winter night
Norwegian girls on the grave of fallen soldiers
Letter from home
Life or death:
The hardness and cruelty of close combat
Behind the broken PAK cannon lie fallen Soviet soldiers. The SS-men advance to new fights
The last bullet has been used
No sacrifice is too great
But the fight must go on
Street fight. It’s his life or mine
The final clearing
The cauldron is closed
The entourage of the enemy troops is finally completed
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