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To: c.hinton who wrote (249419)	11/23/2007 10:44:24 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Respond to of 281500

c.hinton; Norway answer; The town of Narvik was the answer. Lindbergh's (this all ties together) understanding of the dynamic industrialization occurring in Germany in the late 1930's was right on. To fuel this industrialization in preparation for war, Germany obviously needed copious amounts of raw material. Germany got their iron ore from Sweden (hint #1), however the sea between finland and Sweden freezes (clue #2) up in the winter making shipping to Germany impossible. Germany kept getting iron ore from Sweden, but did so through the port city of Narvik which remained ice free all winter. Look at a map of scandinavia and you will see the rail line from Sweden through Norway to Narvik. Germany could not afford to loose this source of raw material .....and so they invaded Norway. ......Of course your answer is correct in that Britain was racing to Narvik too - but it was to interrupt Germany's iron ore supply. Interestingly, Britain whooped the Germans at Narvik in an awful battle. They pushed the Germans into Sweden (I believe - close to border if not across). France, English, and Norwegians took part in the battle as Germany had already dug in. It was a shameful battle as Britain had already decided to withdraw from Norway - so the battle was in vain. Britain defeated the Germans, turned around and withdrew. The consequences to Norway, of course, were devastating. Respectfully; Steve