The Norwegian government's failure to act promptly was separate from the willingness of Norwegian institutions and citizens to resist. Vidkun Quisling went to the head of police seeking the government's arrest and was thrown out. That episode shows that collaboration was not the automatic response of the state apparatus. The decisive weakness was delayed mobilisation despite available reserves, forts, and people prepared to fight.
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Norway's invasion crisis was a failure of mobilisation
Quisling's rejection by the police distinguishes government hesitation from any general Norwegian willingness to accept occupation.