Midtskogen farm is situated approximately 5 kilometers west of the town Elverum at the mouth of the Østerdalen valley in southern Norway. The place is known in Norwegian history for the battle fought here on the night between the 9th and the 10th of April 1940 during World War II between a German raiding party and an improvised Norwegian force. The Germans were out on a raid to kidnap the Norwegian King, Haakon VII, and his cabinet and thereby forcing Norway into submission. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... County Hedmark District Østerdalen Municipality NO-1101 Administrative centre Elverum Mayor (2003) Terje Røe (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 80 1,229 km² 1,209 km² 0. ... The German military occupation of Norway started when German forces invaded Norway on April 9, 1940 and ended on May 10, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. ... Combatants Norway Germany Commanders Birger Eriksen Heinrich Woldag Strength 3 280 mm coastal guns number of 150-57 mm coastal guns 6 533 mm land based torpedo tubes 1 heavy cruiser 1 pocket battleship 1 light cruiser 3 torpedo boats 8 minesweepers Casualties None 1 heavy cruiser sunk 1 pocket... The Battles of Narvik were naval battles between the Royal Navy (the United Kingdom) and the Kriegsmarine (Germany) that occurred in April 1940, during the Second World War. ... In April and early May, 1940 Namsos was the scene of heavy fighting in World War Two between Anglo-French naval and military forces and German military and air forces. ... During World War II, Operation Archery was a British Combined Operations raid on December 27, 1941 against German positions on Vaagso(VÃ¥gsøy), Norway. ... The Norwegian heavy water sabotage were a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the Germans from acquiring heavy water which could be used to produce nuclear weapons. ... TelavÃ¥g is a small village in the municipality of Sund, located 39 km north of Bergen, Norway, with a population of about 600. ... County Hedmark District Østerdalen Municipality NO-1101 Administrative centre Elverum Mayor (2003) Terje Røe (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 80 1,229 km² 1,209 km² 0. ... Østerdalen is a valley and landscape in the eastern part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal, Folldal, Tynset, Tolga and Os in the north, Elverum, Engerdal, Stor-Elvdal, Trysil and Ã…mot in the south. ... // Etymology According to traditional Icelandic sagas, the Nor in Norway is from king Nor Thorrasson (See Orkneyinga saga. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... King Haakon VII of Norway, born as Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872–September 21, 1957), was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. ... A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ...

The Norwegian defenders mustered a numerically slightly superior force, the core of which was a rifle company of the Royal Guards (Hans Majestet Kongens Garde) and a number of hastily mustered volunteers, consisting mostly of members of local rifle clubs. // US Army In the United States military, infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons and a heavy weapons platoon; tank companies are usually made up of three tank platoons and a command element. ... Cap Badge of the HMKG Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (lit. ...

The German party consisted of approximately 100 paratroopers in commandeered Norwegian civilian vehicles. Though numerically inferior the Germans were vastly superior in terms of training and firepower, possessing numerous modern submachine guns, light machine guns and hand grenades. An American Paratrooper using a MC1-B series parachute Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. ... MP5KA4 9 x 19 mm with 3-round burst trigger group A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ... A Home Army (Polish resistance) soldier equipped with an Brno ZB26 LMG during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. ... A WWII-era MkIIA1 pineapple fragmentation hand grenade A hand grenade is a small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown by hand. ...

The opposing forces clashed at around 1.30 AM on the 10th of April. The ensuing firefight continued until 3 AM, ending with both forces retreating. The Norwegians were reinforced and moved into new positions; the Germans, realising their raid had failed, retreated to Oslo. County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...

The casualties on both sides were light. The Germans suffered 2 men killed in action and an unknown number of wounded. One of the German fatalities was their military attache Spiller. Norwegian losses were 3 men wounded in action. The action may have been small, but as it prevented capture of the King and cabinet it probably saved Norway for the allied cause and proved a major boost to Norwegian morale, being very low due to the early German successes in the Norwegian campaign. A military attaché is a military expert who is part of a diplomatic mission. ... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries supporting the Triple Entente who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of... Morale is a term for the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal. ... German battle cruisers in a Norwegian port in June 1940 The Norwegian Campaign led to the first direct confrontation between the military forces of the Allies — United Kingdom and France against Nazi Germany in World War II. The primary reason for Germany seeking the occupation of Norway was Germanys...

References

• Andreas Hauge: Kampen på Midtskogen 1940, article published 1995. The same author has also written the two-volume "Kampene i Norge" (english: "The battles in Norway) with summaries in English.