30 Facts About Norway Debate

Norway Debate, sometimes called the Narvik Debate, was a momentous debate in the British House of Commons from 7 to 9 May 1940, during the Second World War.

Norway Debate had advised that a major landing in Norway was not realistically within Germany's powers.

Norway Debate went on to make an interim statement of affairs but was not forthcoming about "certain operations are in progress we must do nothing which might jeopardise the lives of those engaged in them".

Norway Debate asked the House to defer comment and question until next week.

Norway Debate was now able to confirm that they had been withdrawn from Namsos to complete the evacuation of Allied forces from central and southern Norway.

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Norway Debate stated that "no doubt" the withdrawal had created a shock in both the House and the country.

Norway Debate was eventually forced to defend the original usage of the phrase directly, claiming that he would have expected a German attack on the Allies at the outbreak of war when the difference in armed power was at its greatest.

Norway Debate quoted some of Chamberlain's and Churchill's recent confident assertions about the likely victory of the British.

Norway Debate has a divided interest between the wider questions of strategy and the problems affecting his own immediate command.

Norway Debate too was critical and began by comparing military and naval staff efficiency, which he considered proven, with political inefficiency:.

Norway Debate drew from Chamberlain the admission that whilst troops had been held in readiness to be sent to Norway, no troopships had been retained to send them in.

Norway Debate concluded his speech by calling for Parliament to "speak out we must have done with half-measures a policy for the more vigorous conduct of the war".

Norway Debate took special notice of a comment made by Wedgwood which, in Nicolson's view, transformed "an ordinary debate a tremendous conflict of wills".

Norway Debate squeezed into a bench just behind Nicolson who passed him a piece of paper with Wedgwood's remark scribbled on it.

Norway Debate spoke mostly on the conduct of naval operations, particularly the abortive operations to retake Trondheim.

Norway Debate gave an analogy from his own experience which devastatingly illustrated the government's lack of initiative:.

Norway Debate secured a sleeping car on the railway and had it detached from the train at a siding near where he expected to find a certain man-eating lion.

Norway Debate went to rest and dream of hunting his lion in the morning.

Norway Debate moved towards his conclusion by calling for the formation of a "real" National Government in which the Trades Union Congress must be involved to "reinforce the strength of the national effort from inside".

Norway Debate sat down and the government's opponents cheered him.

Norway Debate declared that Amery's speech would "certainly give great satisfaction in Berlin" and he was shouted down.

Norway Debate called for "drastic change" to be made if Great Britain was to win the war.

Norway Debate sat down at 17:37 and was succeeded by David Lloyd George.

Norway Debate was now 77, and it was to be his last major contribution to debate in the House in which he had sat for 50 years.

Norway Debate recalled him swinging his legs and trying hard not to laugh.

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Norway Debate is not in a position to appeal on the ground of friendship.

Norway Debate arrived just in time for Alexander's questions about Norway.

Norway Debate reminded the House that the campaign continued in northern Norway, at Narvik in particular but he would not be drawn into giving any predictions about it.

Norway Debate continued into a third day but, with the division having been held at the end of the second day, the final day was really a matter of wrapping up.

Norway Debate concluded by blaming the democracies for not carrying out the pledges made at that time with the result that Nazism had arisen in Germany.