Why did the German forces in Norway surrender?

The German forces in Norway allowed the Norwegian government in exile back into the country, surrendered to them and went into British POW camps; the 250,000 in Courland became Soviet prisoners and very few of them ever made it home. read more

The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940 and the Germans controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on 8/9 May 1945. read more

The German trops in Norway, all of them, under the comand of general Bohme surrendered without any conditions to the allied forces in the early morning of 8.May 1945 (this is the reason Norway is celebrating this date and not 7.May as the rest of Europe) represented by brigadier Hilton. read more