<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - iJalimane yahlasela iNorway neDenmark ngo-April 9, 1940. INorway yayibaluleke kakhulu eJalimane ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili: okokuqala njengesisekelo samayunithi asolwandle okuhlukumeza imikhumbi yama-Allied eNyakatho ye-Atlantic nase-Arctic Oceans, okwesibili ukuvikela ukuthunyelwa kwe-iron ore evela eSweden ngechweba laseNarvik. Phakathi ne-Operation Weserübung, iDenmark yawa  <response>: esikhathini esingaphansi kosuku, kwaba ukuhlasela okufushane kunakho konke emlandweni wezempi. AbaseNorway bamelana ngokuqinile namabutho aseJalimane ayehlasela. Noma kunjalo, ngo - May ingxenye eseningizimu yeNorway yayilawulwa amaJalimane. Ngemva kokuhlasela kweJalimane iFrance namaZwe Asezansi, ama-Allies aphoqeleka ukuba ashiye iNarvik, eshiya izwe kumaJalimane ayezohlala kulo kuze kube sekupheleni kwempi. Ngemva kokuhlasela, uVidkun Quisling wahola uhulumeni wokubambisana waseNorway, owawusekelwe eceleni kweqembu lama-fascist Nasjonal Samling National Gathering. 