PLOTTING THE STRIKE NORTH.

In December 1939, Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling met with Adolf Hitler and agreed to betray his country, leading to five years of Nazi occupation. Hitler's motivation for this meeting was to secure iron ore supplies and control of the North Sea, as well as to prevent Allied access to Norway's naval bases. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill proposed mining Norwegian waters to disrupt German iron ore shipments. The Altmark incident, in which a German tanker was intercepted by the Royal Navy, further escalated tensions. Hitler then approved Operation Weserübung, a plan to invade Norway and Denmark. Quisling also met with German intelligence to discuss Norway's military defense capabilities before the invasion began in April 1940. [Extracted from the article]