German Army Norway

Army Norway (''Armeeoberkommando Norwegen'', abbr. ''AOK Norwegen'') was one of the two army-level headquarters controlling Germany troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was directly subordinate to OKW, the high command headquarters of the Wehrmacht. It was created from Group XXI in December of 1940, and disbanded in December of 1944 with its assets taken over by the German Twentieth Mountain Army. == Operations == Army Norway took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. In talks between Finland and German staffs in Helsinki in June 1941, the Germans were given military responsibility over northern Finland; Army Norway was to take Murmansk and the Murmansk railroad. The plan was codenamed Operation Silberfuchs (''Silver Fox''). == Assets == Army Norway (Nikolaus von Falkenhorst) * From of January 1941: ** German XXXIII Corps ** German XXXVI Corps ** Gebirgskorps Norwegen (''Gebirgskorps Norwegen'') * From of July 1941: (during Operation Silberfuchs) ** German XXXIII Corps ** German XXXVI Corps ** German LXX Corps ** Gebirgskorps Norwegen * From of September 1941: ** German XXXIII Corps ** German XXXVI Corps ** German LXX Corps ** Gebirgskorps Norwegen ** Finnish III Corps (Continuation War) * From of March 1942: (after creation of German Twentieth Mountain Army) ** German XXXIII Corps ** German LXX Corps ** German LXXI Corps == See also == * German Twentieth Mountain Army == References == * "[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/ArmeenGeb/ArmeeNorwegen.htm Armee Norwegen]". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved May 11, 2005. ---- German units in the Arctic German field armies Military of Germany Norwegian history

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