Timeline for Why did Hitler not invade Sweden?
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| Apr 12, 2023 at 10:55 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | @liftarn: Top secret military blockade running through 9 round trips over the course of 6 months to deliver the grand total (350 tons) of product comprising under 4% the cargo capacity of a single Liberty Ship (10,000 tons) hardly meets any sensible definition of trade. Further, that occurs between October 1943 and May 1944; hardly when the Germans were capable of neutralizing Sweden through invasion. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 9:01 | comment | added | liftarn | @PieterGeerkens They did it by air and by sea. Using blockade runners. For instance there was Operation Bridford. | |
| Apr 6, 2023 at 11:31 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | @liftarn: That's risible. How was Sweden going to trade with the UK through the Skagerrak and Kategat under Axis air superiority? | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 13:08 | comment | added | liftarn | There might be a reason to invade Sweden to stop Swedish export to the UK (most importantly ball bearings). | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 12:54 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Mar 5, 2015 at 12:35 | history | answered | Stefany | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
