Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Danish Facts from World War II

Let's create a list of facts that teach about Denmark during the World War II years.  Try not to duplicate, or copy another person's fact(s).  Remember, facts can be measured, checked, or proven.

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  1. Denmark saved a greater percentage (90+%) of its Jewish population than any other nation in Europe.

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  2. King Christian X destroyed his own Danish Navy so the Nazis couldn't take the ships and use them against other friendly countries.

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  3. In 1924-43 danish groups shifted through more acts of revenge so they sent agents and and sent supplies and other stuff until August of 1944 when the occupation ends

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  4. 16 Danes died during the Nazi-invasion, 20 wounded. The Germans lost 203 men and 75 wounded. After only two hours of intense resistance Denmark surrendered to Nazi-Germany. The German soldiers nicknamed Denmark ‘The Whipped Cream Frontier’.

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  5. A resistence movement developed near the end of the war, and most of the danish jews were saved in 1943 when germen solders ordered their internment as part of "Holocaust."

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  6. Denmark didn't stand much of a chance against Germany, and so they didn't fight to the last man and stuff like that. The King devised clever ways to fight the Germans without really fighting them, such a blowing up his own navy so that the Germans couldn't steal it.

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  7. Since Denmark didn't have enough people to take on the Germans king christian decided to plan counter attacks they technically caused them damage but wasn't real fighting

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  8. most danish resisters were part of the army

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  9. When the germans try to steal King Christian's navy ships so he blew up his navy so the germans cannot use their navy ships.

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  10. The Germans were everywhere and were very stricked about things.

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  11. World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more far-reaching changes than any other war in history.

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