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AUGUST 1943

 Day Description  Notes
 5
Stockholm – New regulation stops German troop transit in Sweden
 6
Communist sabotage group (Oswald Group) established armed camp at Sollia Hotel.
 13
Gestapo orders arrest of all Norwegian regular and reserve officers.
 14
Quisling proclaimed that military and paramilitary units(including the police), henceforth to be considered as part of the “armed forces of the country”
 16
Oslo – Policeman Gunnar Eilifsen arrested and shot for refusing to arrest two girls who had been called in for labour-service.
 16
Arrests of remaining Norwegian officers – 1700 in total, 950 sent to prison camps in Germany.
 18
Troms – 24 Norwegians tried in connection with “Arnøy” partisans Partisans
  1943  /  Timeline  /  Last Updated November 27, 2013 by Geronimo Gando  / 

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