Indeed. There was no way that the Norwegians were getting through that war unscathed. It must be a truly rotten experience for a small country to find itself in a spot like that.

The Swedes were the only ones in that whole area who managed to avoid being attacked by someone.

Any comments on the reasons for Sweden's good fortune in that sense, Teribus? I'd be interested to hear what you think about it. They must have made good money during that war, what with trading to both the Axis and the Allies. I read that German and British planes were landing at the same Swedish airfields to pick up loads of ball bearings, and the crews were eyeing each other suspiciously as they went about their business.