Show German Army Lands i After Reich Fleet j Tricks English Navy i 1 I Hitler Forces Launch aunt New Lightning War WarBy By LOUIS P P. P LOCHNER BERLIN April 9 AP Thc Ap-Thc The German army army navy navy- and air fortE force invaded Norway and nd D Denmark Denmark Den Den- n-I n mark a at dawn Tuesday Tuesday- in hi in a alight light lightning ing stroke t t typical of P Fuehr Fue- Fue ue- ue h hr r s. s now well well well-devel- devel developed devel pa pattern teBy te- te By afternoon the Ithe capitals of both the nort northern ern nations Oslo nations Oslo arid and were Copenhagen w were re in German hands hands r All Denmark which decided not notto notto notto to resist was under German control control con con- trl and in m in Norway where N Norwegian Nor Nor- lt troops offered slight local resistance the Germ Germans ns sa said d they had occupied the most important objectives S Germany announced she had extended extended ex ex- tended armed protection the protection the exact nature of it not being clear clear- to Norway and Denmark to co counteract counteract coun un- un British aggression against their neutrality Bomb Norwegian Port Authorized sources divulged that the northern Norwegian NOI port of Kristiansund was bombarded because because because be be- cause it offered resistance Kristiansund well up Norway's west coast is not to be confused with at the southern southern southern south south- ern extremity of Norway of The Norwegian government is no longer in Oslo having withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn to Hamar to th the n north rth but Germ German n government orders were issued to to put a halt to to further withdrawals from Oslo I Nor Norwegian egian resistance in other sections section's of Norway was being broken rapidly and constitutes s no military problem the the Germans said The high command announced shortly b before for 7 p p. p m m. m. m that military opp opposition to the Germans before Oslo had been broken Tuesday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- an and l the city occupied Occur According to Plan Operations necessitated by the occupation of Denmark and the Norwegian coast proceeded accordIng according according accord accord- ing to t p plan n on April 9 said the he During Durin the entry into and landIngs landings landings land land- ings in Denmark no incidents oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc an anywhere whereOn where On the Norwegian coast resistance resistance resistance re re- re- re worthy of mention oc oc- Continued on Page Pace Two Column One REICH LAUNCHES LIGHTNING WARI WAR I AGAINST NORSE TAKES JAKES DENMARK S Continued From Irons Page One only near Oslo It was broken during the afternoon hours bours ri and Oslo Itself was occupied F The United States minister to toS S Mrs J. J Borden Harriman reported that the Norwegian government government gov gov- S had advised her that the theS the'S Norwegians fired on four German S 'S warships coming up Oslo fjord anc and S that Norway is at war with GerS Ger Ger- S many Prime Minister Chamberlain told the British parliament that S 'S S the allies would extend full aid i to Norway and said that powerful power t I ful units of the British navy were L- L at sea S Naval Engagement Rep Reported S S London sources said that allied t S and German warships were fighting fight fight- i r ing lag a naval battle batUe off of the Norwegian gian west coast S r Oslo surrendered at 4 p. p m. m 8 a. a m m. Salt Lake time and the I S. S Norwegian government established t t iS itself at the village of Hamar F. F a north of the capi capital t 1 S Germanys Germany's occupation of Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark and Norway was executed f S with such speed that apparently s even the reich's bosom friend Italy t S was not advised beforehand S r 4 Also according to authorized 1 forces in the future Germanys Germany's 1 L moves will be carried out with t 1 lightning rapidity S H r me lne herman German radio hinted at posy pos- pos v y sible ible blows in other quarters S f i Germany had prepared every J. J move move so so authorized sources def dec de- de f c so o dared so completely and so mast mas- mas f 5 S. S that every possible countermove countermove countermove counter- counter t move by Norway or the westernS western S 7 allies was taken into t I S tion Everything went according 1 to plan it was said r S' S Spokesman Evades Question r I The intimation that Italy was not informed until afterward came cameS camei i when one foreign correspondent S 5 5 p asked whether Germanys Germany's allies I had been apprised in advance of S 1 Tuesdays Tuesday's action To this an authorized author author- r F r spokesman said evasively Everything went like a stroke of l S I lightning r r The Norwegian and Danish legai legations lega lega- i Ij lf Berlin still function ItI it itI I was stated The Danish would continue continue continue con con- I to do so in any case it ItS was said S S As to the Norwegians it wasI was I I added that depends on how Norway Norway Norway Nor Nor- way arranges herself with us S The spokesman added Norway did not declare war on England t S either after the Altmark incident S 5 or after yesterdays yesterday's mining of Nor Nor- waters In the Altmark affair last Feb- Feb 13 a British destroyer In Invaded Invaded invaded in- in Norwegian waters to raid the German prison ship and free British prisoners Legal Status Is Puzzle The legal status of Norway and Denmark seemed somewhat of a puzzle It was carefully explained that they were not protectorates like Bohemia and Moravia nor even like Slovakia nor were they enemy countries occupied by enemy enemy enemy en en- emy troops The best definition seemed to authorized sources to be that they have been drawn into the war by the allied action of yesterday but butare butare butare are being protected by the reich against annihilation One correspondent asked whether er the German-Danish German sIon slon pact played any role during the last two days events The re rejoInder rejoinder re- re rejoinder joinder to this was was How about the N Anglo-N o 0 r w eg i 1 a n trade treaty The German Danish treaty signed May 31 1939 provided that Denmark and Germany will under under un un- un der no circumstances resort to towar towar towar war or any other form forni of violence against each other The British British- Norwegian trade treaty provided that Britain would not hinder export export ex ex- ex port of goods from Norway to Ger Ger- many S Gains Access to Ores Germany considers that one of the greatest advantages developing develop develop- ing in the overnight situation was that she has free access to Swedish ores now that she is in possession of strategic Norwegian ports England tried to prevent our getting ores one commentator observed gleefully and flagrantly broke neutrality in an attempt to prevent us The laugh now is on England Her He illegal action justified justified justi justi- fied fled our action today Tuesday afternoon the German high command announced that occupation of the most Important objectives in all Norway by German German German Ger Ger- man troops is is' proceeding rapidly Claims Resistance Ceases Infantry troops naval forces and air squadrons took part in the Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- occupation At most points said the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon a slight local resistance by Norwegian troops has ceased S A dispatch from Copenhagen by the official German news news agency said that the Danish gov government ov ov- had accepted the German protection with a protest in view of the circumstances and conditions conditions con con- of the protection The Danish government after receipt of a memorandum from Germany explaining the invasion summoned the cabinet which then agreed to acknowledge the provisions provisions provisions' provi provi- put forth in the German note The Uhe German radio informing its audiences of progress of the nazi forces northward hinted hinted hinted-at at possible ble le blows in other quarters but did not make clear whether the Netherlands or the Balkans were meant |