- 04 Jul 2009 19:25
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Reading up on my "Danish occupation history" I noticed that a great deal of people, and some weapons, were transported from Sweden to Britain (or the reverse) during the 2nd World War. One of my books mentions, that in the later war, the British made some successful weapons transports over Kattegat to Göteborg with fast moving motorboats, but it does not mention which methods were used earlier on, or which other methods were used in general.
As I understand it, we are talking about a substantial amount of transports. But how did these take place?
It would seem to me, that flying from Sweden to Britain would be pretty risky, considering that one would have to pass over German occupied territory in either Norway or Denmark, or over German controlled waters between the two countries. Did they perhaps fly over the North Pole to Canada/Greenland, and from there to Britain, minimising the time over "German" territory?
Did they use submarines perhaps? I would think this would also be risky, and if they did, it would not make sense that they later used fast moving motorboats for sea-transport, if submarines were working fine.
As I understand it, we are talking about a substantial amount of transports. But how did these take place?
It would seem to me, that flying from Sweden to Britain would be pretty risky, considering that one would have to pass over German occupied territory in either Norway or Denmark, or over German controlled waters between the two countries. Did they perhaps fly over the North Pole to Canada/Greenland, and from there to Britain, minimising the time over "German" territory?
Did they use submarines perhaps? I would think this would also be risky, and if they did, it would not make sense that they later used fast moving motorboats for sea-transport, if submarines were working fine.