NIKOLAUS VON FALKENHORST.. NAZI GENERAL IN OCCUPIED NORWAY , WW II
He was a Wehrmacht General In WW II and he was responsible for planning and executing occupation of Norway and this he achieved quickly in 1940 in spite if suffering losses for the. German Navy. He was the commander for German forces in Norway till 1944. he was later sent to reserve forces after easing him out the command. after the war and fall of Germany he was tried as war criminal by a British NORWEIGN tribunal. And he was sentenced to death. But it was commuted to life after successful appeal. he was released in 1953 due to ill health. he passed away in 1968.
He was a Wehrmacht General In WW II and he was responsible for planning and executing occupation of Norway and this he achieved quickly in 1940 in spite if suffering losses for the. German Navy. He was the commander for German forces in Norway till 1944. he was later sent to reserve forces after easing him out the command. after the war and fall of Germany he was tried as war criminal by a British NORWEIGN tribunal. And he was sentenced to death. But it was commuted to life after successful appeal. he was released in 1953 due to ill health. he passed away in 1968.
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