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Even with Norway's depleted military, Germany committed over 107,000 troops, and 20,000 vehicles, 109,000 tons of supplies, and yes, 16,000 horses, to this invasion. That's not even mentioning the massive naval effort involved. If they needed more for the invasion, they would have got more. Do you really think Norway could have stood up to that even if they had bulked up their military? Heavy water is critical to the early stages of nuclear weapons. Norway is one of the few places you can get it occuring naturally. My point isn't that Norway couldn't defend itself. My point is that Norway had something the Germans wanted, and even if it took the entire German Army to gain control of Norway's vast heavy water resources, Germany was going to take it. If you have something that the enemy wants, nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to get you out of a fight.

<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 9399" data-attributes="member: 241"><p>Even with Norway&#039;s depleted military, Germany committed over 107,000 troops, and 20,000 vehicles, 109,000 tons of supplies, and yes, 16,000 horses, to this invasion. That&#039;s not even mentioning the massive naval effort involved. If they needed more for the invasion, they would have got more. Do you really think Norway could have stood up to that even if they had bulked up their military? Heavy water is critical to the early stages of nuclear weapons. Norway is one of the few places you can get it occuring naturally. My point isn&#039;t that Norway couldn&#039;t defend itself. My point is that Norway had something the Germans wanted, and even if it took the entire German Army to gain control of Norway&#039;s vast heavy water resources, Germany was going to take it. If you have something that the enemy wants, nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to get you out of a fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dave, post: 9399, member: 241"] Even with Norway's depleted military, Germany committed over 107,000 troops, and 20,000 vehicles, 109,000 tons of supplies, and yes, 16,000 horses, to this invasion. That's not even mentioning the massive naval effort involved. If they needed more for the invasion, they would have got more. Do you really think Norway could have stood up to that even if they had bulked up their military? Heavy water is critical to the early stages of nuclear weapons. Norway is one of the few places you can get it occuring naturally. My point isn't that Norway couldn't defend itself. My point is that Norway had something the Germans wanted, and even if it took the entire German Army to gain control of Norway's vast heavy water resources, Germany was going to take it. If you have something that the enemy wants, nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to get you out of a fight. [/QUOTE]

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