LostCosmonaut Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 In 1945, no less. If this page is legit, it looks like planning was pretty detailed. http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&p=44873 Belesarius and LoooSeR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Looks pretty legit to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 With Sweden trying to create a Scandanavian Defense Union postwar, the Swedish liberation of Denmark could have easily jump started that effort with more support from Denmark. I'd bet the Swedes had similar plans with Norway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Fortunately Sweden has expended its national energies on creating pop bands. Mogensthegreat, Belesarius, Tied and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renhanxue Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 There were such plans for Norway too, yes, and more realistic ones too. The Danish plan was more or less cancelled when some boring dudes started asking complicated questions such as "how are we going to conduct an amphibious landing without any landing craft?". The plan involved fishing craft and when they exercised it on the Swedish coast it took for fucking ever for the infantry to get ashore. It would have been impossible if there had been the slightest resistance. A PDF in Swedish about the Danish plan: http://www.krigsmyter.nu/raddadanmark.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonerGhost Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Sweden has always tried to unify Scandinavia since the start of Sweden itself. Sweden and Denmark have fought quite a few wars (many c. the Viking age) over Norway since she's so beautiful (and oily rich). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Welcome to SH, StonerGhost! The Swedish Empire? I can see reasons why somebody would like to create one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 If they were Swedish, for example.Welcome to the forum, StonerGhost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonerGhost Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 It actually existed once, containing parts of modern Germany, Norway, Russia, Estonia, and all of Finland. Notice how glorious sovereign Denmark has never been even partially ruled by Swedish Scum, while the vice versa is quite untrue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 There were such plans for Norway too, yes, and more realistic ones too. The Danish plan was more or less cancelled when some boring dudes started asking complicated questions such as "how are we going to conduct an amphibious landing without any landing craft?". The plan involved fishing craft and when they exercised it on the Swedish coast it took for fucking ever for the infantry to get ashore. It would have been impossible if there had been the slightest resistance. A PDF in Swedish about the Danish plan: http://www.krigsmyter.nu/raddadanmark.pdf A Swedish Operation Sealion? That's pretty amazing actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 There are easier ways to get Royal Dansk cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 That's a box of sewing supplies, Don. LoooSeR, ShamefurDispray, T___A and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 A Swedish Operation Sealion? That's pretty amazing actually. Probably would've had better odds of success than the German version. In any case, the Swedish Navy's surface forces could e certainly held their own against the Kriegsmarine circa 1945. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renhanxue Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Basic planning document dated May 4th 1945, telling the commander of the 3rd army corps to get crackin' on that planning. The invasion force is roughly one and a half infantry divisions, an independent armored brigade, an independent motorized brigade, a bunch of independent artillery batteries and a whole lot of AA including one train-mounted AA company. Additionally the invasion is to be supported by "most of the air force", the ancient coastal defense ships HMS Tapperheten (1901) and Oscar II (1905), three destroyer divisions, a whole bunch of torpedo boats, minesweepers and other smaller craft, nine 21 cm mobile coastal artillery guns, a whole bunch of 15 cm mobile coastal artillery guns and all of the fixed coastal artillery in the Sound. Also, the Danish exile "police brigade" (Danish army personnel with Swedish weapons). If your landing crafts look like this, though, you're gonna have a bad time: LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted April 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 I know German coastal defenses would have been pretty slim at that point, but still. At least they would've had air and naval superiority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Another possible way to get Sweden involved in World War 2; have the British bomb them; http://www.sjohistoriskasamfundet.se/fn_split/fn70_a04.pdf tl;dr British seriously considered stopping iron ore exports to Germany in 1940 by flying a bunch of Swordfish off carriers, bombing Lulea, and landing the planes in (neutral) Finland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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