Al Murray

Hitler's now saying we need to speed up and Raider starts to go, oh, that means we're fleet.

Yeah, exactly.

Four years too early.

What are you talking?

What do you mean, boss?

The British, they take 299 prisoners of war.

And this is a firm signal to the Germans that Britain is interested in Norway.

And for the Germans, it makes Quisling look like a better bet, doesn't it?

Yeah, exactly.

And he wants to speed things up and make sure that whatever the British are planning, because they must be planning something.

So on the 21st of February, Weserübung plans are accelerated and General von Falkenhorst is appointed as commander.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I mean, you might end up dumping 300,000 soldiers there to defend it.

Although his staff are saying, are we sure the British have got enough people to occupy Norway themselves, actually?

Which is a question worth asking, isn't it?

Then at the Führer Conference on the 23rd of February, so two days after von Falkenhurst has been given the gig, Raider now says that, actually...

If we maintain neutrality, then we've got a better chance of keeping the iron ore clear.

Stirring things up is a bad idea.

And he says, well, obviously, we need to be ready to counter anything the British might do.