PHYS 199M Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fissile Material, Natural Uranium, Phoney War
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The phony war ended when germany invaded norway and denmark in april 1940. This appears to have been largely aimed at norway"s natural resources (iron ore) and coastal access. As a result, the uk replaced pm chamberlain with winston churchill. Germany also invaded denmark at the same time in a six-hour campaign. Bohr was dining with the king of norway the day before the invasion: may 1940. The invasion of france through the low countries began in may and lasted little more than a month. Germany simply went around france"s formidable border defenses through neutral belgium. Belgian congo remained loyal to allies, supplying uranium among other: june 1940 resources. The english forces in france were pushed back to dunkirk, but were successfully evacuated in a massive sealift in early june. Britain discussed a conditional surrender, but luckily the germans issued a halt. A war for air superiority: the german was to destroy the raf so that it could invade britain.