I came across this in my 40′s movies marathon: Kampf um Norwegen, a lost Nazi documentary of the invasion of Norway that was rediscovered in 2005. The video above is full-length, but without subtitles.

Whenever I watch movies I have a finger on the screenshot-button, (improvised with a wireless gamepad), looking for interesting shots. Sometimes I end up with hundreds. Here are some stills from Kampf um Norwegen.

Why Norway had to be conquered – to avoid a British invasion of Germany through Scandinavia:

Long distances:

Oslo:

Kristiansand:

Narvik:

Norwegian prisoners:

Railway to Bergen:

Fighting their way north:

Lillehammer:

Namsos:

“There is peace in South and Central Norway!”

Narvik:

Mo i Rana / the Arctic Circle:

Reinforcements for Narvik:

Victory: