How mobilisation communications could change the Narvik landing

Early German successes depended partly on opponents being unprepared. In the Narvik counterfactual, broadcasting mobilisation orders by radio instead of relying on telegrams would have allowed the garrison to issue weapons before German troops came ashore. Local reservists knew the terrain and had practical experience of skiing and shooting in snowy conditions. The area's industrial workers also brought experience of heavy labour and explosives. Those advantages underpin the argument that a warned and mobilised garrison could have inflicted disastrous losses on the landing force.