ALLIES:
British
- Fighters
- Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVF
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.II
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
- Bombers
- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- Blackburn Skua
- Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV
- Fairey Swordfish
- Handley Page Hampden
- Vickers Wellington
- Reconnaissance
- Lockheed Hudson
- Short Sunderland
- Supermarine Walrus
NEUTRAL:
Danish
- Fighters
- Fokker D.XXI
- Reconnaissance
- Fokker C.VE
Norwegian
- Fighters
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I
- Gloster Gladiator Mk.II
- Bombers
- Caproni Ca.310
- Fokker C.VE
- Heinkel 115A-2
- Reconnaissance
- Fokker C.VD
- Høver MF 11
AXIS:
German
- Fighters
- Junkers Ju 88C-2
- Messerschmitt Bf 109D
- Messerschmitt Bf 109E
- Messerschmitt Bf 110C
- Bombers
- Dornier Do 17Z
- Heinkel He 111P
- Heinkel He 111H
- Junkers Ju 87B Stuka
- Junkers Ju 88 A-1
- Troop Insertion
- Blohm und Voss Bv 138
- Dornier Do 26
- Heinkel He 59
- Junkers Ju 52/3m
- Junkers Ju 52/3m See
- Reconnaissance
- Arado Ar 196
- Dornier Do 17P
- Dornier Do 215
- Dornier Do 18
- Dornier Do 24
- Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
- Heinkel He 115
- Henschel Hs 126B
Although Norway was a neutral country, Hitler decided to invade it to prevent Britain and France from occupying it. He wanted to secure his supply of iron ore from neighboring Sweden, and to obtain more naval bases from which he could attack the British. The Allies, in fact, had considered occupying Norwegian ports in order to facilitate the transportation of supplies to Finland, in order to help the Finns in their fight against the Soviets in the Winter War. That conflict had ended in March, but Hitler was still wary of Allied intentions. The German invasion of Denmark was necessary to facilitate the invasion of Norway.
