Norway Norway would not be expected to join either side voluntarily. During World War I Norway was accommodating to Britain, and may well have been in World War II given the opportunity of continued neutrality. In response to invasion, the Norwegians fought the Germans. Would they have fought the Allies if the British had jumped first? It would seem to be less likely, yet possible. Sweden The Swedes managed to avoid the war. When the Germans needed iron ore, and were powerful enough to have it one way or the other, Sweden supplied it. As Germany weakened, they became somewhat less cooperative. The importance of Swedish iron faded after Germany conquered France, and neither side bothered Sweden. They presumably would have defended their country against an invader of either side. Denmark Any status other than passive neutrality does not make sense. The Danes offered no significant resistance to the Germans, and there's no reason to think they would have resisted the allies. In any event, the Americans and or British will likely feel free to occupy Iceland and Greenland when the expediency of stationing aircraft to guard convoys becomes important, which may effectively end Denmark's attempt at neutrality at that time. Adding Politics to Your WWII Game A Model Introduction Poland Great Britain France, Belgium, Holland Italy USSR USA Spain and Portugal Hungary and Romainia Yugoslavia and Bulgaria Greece and Turkey Finland Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Political Event Table Treaties Back to Table of Contents -- Against the Odds vol. 1 no. 2 Back to Against the Odds List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by LPS. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com * Buy this back issue or subscribe to Against the Odds direct from LPS.