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Articles related to "Norway 1940"
The Royal Navy vs the Kriegsmarine When Hitler launched his invasion of Norway in 1940 only the warships of the Royal Navy stood any chance of stopping him. the royal navy • the kriegsmarine • norway 1940 • german invasion of norway • german invasion of denmark
H7 Escapes the Nazis (Part II of II) For five years, King Håkon, or H7 as loyal Norwegians would come to call him in their hastily scrawled grafitti, led the resistance from Britain. In radio messages and through the press, he urged Norwegians to remain above all, Norwegian in mind and spirit, and too keep fighting for their country. He returned home on June 7, the exact anniversary of his departure, a hero of the Norwegian resistance and of the restoration. wwii • german occupation • nazis in norway • king haakon vii • crown prince olav
King Haakon VII of Norway (1872-1957) Born in Charlottenlund, Denmark on August 3, 1872, King Haakon VII of Norway became a potent symbol for Norwegian nationalism through to present day. He led the re-constituted Norwegian monarchy from the nation’s dissolution with Sweden in 1905, through the troubling times of WWII, until his death in Oslo, Sept 21 1957. norwegian royalty • danish royalty • european royalty • christened christian frederik carl georg valdemar • king haakon vii
The one who got away: Norwegian bin Laden humor (Part I of II) Being an enormous admirer of Kathleen Stokker’s work, <I>Folklore Fights the Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway 1940-1945</I> (1995), I couldn’t help but take notice when anti-bin Laden jokes started filtering into my inbox. Most Americans, at least, have received more than their share of anti-Taliban, anti-bin Laden witticisms and manipulated images. As Stokker suggested of humor in occupied Norway, these kinds of jokes serve to bind citizens together in a common sense of patriotism and resistance. They not only inspire a light-hearted optimism in the face of tragedy, but also foreground expectant hopes in the directed search for the one who got away. So, how do Norwegian anti-bin Laden jokes figure into this scheme? osama bin laden • jokes • norway • wwii • war humor
The one who got away: Norwegian bin Laden humor (Part II of II) With Osama bin Laden as the missing value, since his disappearance, these jokes fill in the gaps of uncertainty regarding what will happen in the future, how our identity is defined, and how humanity is a shared condition. They are a response to questions about what we would do, what we have done, and what we know has been done. Furthermore, these jokes differentiate Norway from the US by appealing to previous traditions of war-time experience – those of occupied Norway. With these jokes, a sympathetic hand is warily extended, cognizant of the fact that all hands are soiled. As the saying goes, “In the dark, all cats are gray.” osama bin laden • taliban • jokes • norwegian • wwii |
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