Wikipedia states that at the end of WW2, there were 400.000 German troops stationed in Norway. What were they doing there, and why weren't those troops somewhere more urgent, like Berlin? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Wikipedia states that at the end of WW2, there were 400.000 German troops stationed in Norway. What were they doing there, and why weren't those troops somewhere more urgent, like Berlin?

by Skirtsmoother

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Here's this for now: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/18rqgw/why_did_nazi_germany_keep_so_many_troops_in/