Churchill's immediate aim in the Altmark Incident was to prevent the prisoners from being carried back to Germany, and he pressed the effort as strongly as he could. The discussion then moves quickly from the rescue to its strategic aftermath. Its central causal interpretation is that the Altmark Incident, more than any other single factor, led to Germany's invasion of Norway. The rest of the video asks how a successful intervention could require diplomatic and operational follow-through.
Chapter · 5:50-7:13
Churchill's Altmark objective and the Norway link
Churchill's effort to stop the Altmark prisoners from reaching Germany begins an argument that the incident helped precipitate the invasion of Norway.