@Thomashornall I've lived in Norway 30 years. The main issue imo is the agricultural protectionist policy along with a lack of competition within the food distribution and supermarket sector. There's a reason why the likes of Iceland, M&S and lidl couldn't compete here.
@DrJEBall Just finished my yearly fortnight of excavations with the @VindolandaTrust, this year at their sister site, Magna (Carvoran). They'll be down in the anaerobic again sometime later this year, so expect more amazing leather finds!
@hw97karbine Here's the gun shield of one i found years ago. It was abandoned by the 6 Geb.Div near the Finnish border with Norway in April 45. I had to carry it 10Km back to the road.
@BygoneBritain@VinnieSull1van@Lost___London I once had the great honour of meeting one of the survivors when he visited TromsΓΈ. I took him to the Commonwealth war cemetery there to pay his respects to one of his mates buried there
@Zacken@joakial_ And the Norwegian armed forces took over most of it. Not everything, combat aircraft for example were destroyed or taken away and most warships were divided between the major allies, even so, Norway still ended up with three Type VII uboats, which is a story in itself
@DavePalmerUK1@afneil@GraceRo95193774 As a British army veteran who served many winter deployments in Norway and eventually settled here, i can fully understand his disappointment.
@PaulinusOfTrier@afneil Aumeier. He and others from the camp system were sent to Norway to set up the first proper concentration camp at Mysen. Thankfully the war ended before it became operational. Aumeier's CI interrogation files can be seen on the Norwegian national archives website
@Zacken@joakial_ The Wehrmacht in Norway didn't cease to exist on May 8th, it carried on for months albeit in a different form, taking it's orders from the allies but remaining responsible for it's administration and discipline. AOK 20 was only officially dissolved in late Oct. For example
New | Stay at Carvoran House & Cottage and enjoy a 2 week excavation experience at Magna Roman Fort.
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@militaryhistori Also OTD, the last FAA operation of WW2 in Europe, the last two FAA aircraft to be lost in combat in Europe and the last combat air operation in Norway. Kilbotn outside Harstad and the sinking of U-711 and accommodation ship Black Watch.
@CMDR_P_Pagan@hw97karbine The same gun as long as their gun detachment was operational. By the way, this is an infantry gun manned by infantrymen, not artillerymen.