The German invasion of Norway is presented as an operation vulnerable to a national warning broadcast. In this counterfactual, alerted garrisons and reservists would have armed defensive positions and been less vulnerable to hesitation by individual officers. The local character of mobilisation matters because reservists defending their own communities might resist even when senior command was uncertain. This is an argument about communications, readiness, and surprise rather than proof that one radio call guaranteed the campaign's outcome.
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Warning, mobilisation, and the invasion of Norway
A Norway counterfactual argues that a timely radio warning could have mobilised local garrisons and stripped the German invasion of much of its dependence on surprise.