RAF Sinks Tirpitz; Denmark Fights Back 1944/11/22

I have a question... how come the Norwegians resisted from day one and the Danes didn't?

The Norwegian terrain is SLIGHTY more well adapted for guerilla warfare... :P
And Denmark has a much smaller landmass for occupying powers to cover.

There was a Danish resistance force, but it's nowhere near as famous today as the Norwegian.

Btw, my grandfather was stationed in Denmark - that was where he met my grandmother. :)

because when denmark was attacked the government surrendered. But from the start there was people who fought against the germans, but without weapons they stole what they could get from them or flee for england to fight there instead. It was around 1943 the danish resistance fight really began and sabotage, murders and rescue missions where they tried to rescue allied pilots who had been shot down over denmark.

Too many misconceptions here to list them all.

But in short - the Danish government made very sure that Denmark would not be in a state where it could defend itself on 9th april.

Resistance fighters were few and far between all through the war, I am afraid to say. But the few individuals who did fight the nazis still inspire awe. One of them - Anders Lassen, VC, MC & 2 bars, did more for Denmark in those years, than the entire Danish army put together.

well, our guards at Amalienborg in copenhagen, defended the royal familiy, until they got orders to surrender, and our cannons to destroy ships, needed a pole, to shoot, but they never got the permission to shoot, hope you understand, i'm not that good at english, But we fought!, those nazi motherfuckers came an took a small country, let's just say we did not have the best weapons. but thank god for the allies.

Nice to see the propaganda on all sides.

IT WAS SUNK IN NORWAY

Arse

Nice to see the Danish resistance being mentioned. They really saved the fame of Denmark. For the first 3 years of the occupation, there was little opposition to the Germans as the government encouraged the populace the remain calm. But tensions grew and the government had to resign in 1943. After that the situation was pretty much the same as in the rest of Europe in terms of sabotage and such. RIP to our heros..

You'll have to excuse me as I don't want to sound rude but how come the Norwegians resisted from day one and the Danes didn't?
Not only that, but why did so many Danes fight for the Germans in SS Viking?