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On Mon. 19 Feb 1940 Adolf Hitler, alarmed by the Altmark Incident of 1.....

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Adolf Hitler, alarmed by the Altmark Incident of 16 Feb 1940, ordered to hasten the planning of the invasion of Norway.

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