The video contrasts Norway's pre-invasion fleet with the Free Norwegian Navy that continued the war abroad. The exile force acquired submarines, destroyers, and especially corvettes through Allied support rather than simply recreating the fleet lost at home. Its central mission became protecting Norway's enormous merchant-shipping contribution to the Allied war effort. It also supplied ships and sailors for commando support, making participation in coalition operations more important than independent fleet action.
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The Free Norwegian Navy's practical wartime missions
Norway's surviving navy is recast around merchant-fleet protection, commando support, and Allied-provided escort vessels after the German invasion.