Why Didn't the Nazis Invade Sweden? DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with another video on World War II as we discuss how the Sweden managed to remain independent in WW2 despite the pressure from Germany, USSR and the allies, and how it used its geographic position and economic power to keep the great powers from invading.
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@KingsandGenerals

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@dakid2323

It seems to me that Sweden played the war perfectly, completing all quests and unlocking all achievments

@-RunninNGunnin-

I'm from Finland and while people here like to joke about how neutral Sweden was during the war and how Sweden played all sides very well to keep them neutral, people don't fully understand how much they aided Finland in wars agains't The Soviets. They sent us thousands of troops to fight with us because they knew they'd rather have a small same minded country, with whom they share hundreds of years of history together, as a neighbor than having The Soviet Union.

@Volnas97

Germany: Hey Sweden, why do you have 12 000 armed Norwegians?

@katarinawikholm5873

Swedish diplomacy during WWII was pretty much a case of juggling live chainsaws, on a tightrope, in a total shitstorm.

@levileyba8722

A diplomatic adventure for the whole family.

@LoneWanderer727

As much as some might like to criticize Sweden for supporting the axis in some capacity during the war, this brings up a lot of valid points about the allies and their "requests" for Sweden. Rarely, if ever, did they give a guarantee of protection or intervention in the case of German invasion in the case of swedish refusal of German demands/trade.

@hanshenkelman1950

I would say that this is probably one of the better summaries I've seen of Sweden's challenges during WW2. The main reason for Sweden's success was clearly that they so quickly, after the invasion of Norway, managed to crack the German secret code for communication (geheimschreiber), followed by Sweden cracking the code of Soviet communication. Outstanding and unique achievement.

@swedishspymuseum

Please note!

@Monkey-ud8bw

The Swedes were stuck between a rock and a hard place, but still managed to carry out any governments duty and protected its citizens.

@Mindflayer911

Both my grandparents immigrated to the US in 46' and I remember my grandma telling me how they were constantly worried about invasions and were putting up black up curtains every night in case an attack came (in Stockholm). She was born in 27' I believe so she experienced the war as a teen/young adult, wish a knew more about their stories at the time, my grandfather was much older (born in 12') but died before I was born.

@airborneranger-ret

Note that in 1939 Sweden (concerned about the Winter War in Finland) proposed a Nordic defense pact, which was rejected by Denmark and Norway - who were concerned about being "drawn in" to a conflict.

@quandangle9397

As a Swede,

@johanlittorin2765

I remember my grandfather told me about this. He served in the swedish army during the war. Stationed on the border to Finland. Many nights they saw the bombs hitting Finland and they took in refuges from both Finland and Norway.

@jakobtarrasericsson4295

I thank you for highlighting this difficult period and Sweden’s role in it.

@JackJolleboi

Great video. When I was in grade school, we had a "class grandma", a retired teacher who assisted us and told us stories.

@AdurianJ

A major even for the Swedish military readiness was in February of 1942 where Sweden conducted a massive winter exercise in northern Sweden in weather colder than the Germans where experiencing around Moscow a month earlier.

@MrShoki44

To say that it was Sweden who transported the Danish Jews into safety is an big understatement, they housed and fed them once they arrived, but the transport was done by mostly Danish and some Swedish fishermen.

@ReyOfLight

I'm Swedish and my paternal grandfather went to Finland during the war, he was one of the Petsamo truck drivers. He survived the time in Finland, but rarely or never spoke of the horrors he had seen and experienced while driving in the Petsamo area. He had a gun, and no one in the family knows if he ever had to use it, it was hidden in a desk drawer when he came back home, and when asked about it "I'll get rid of that thing" was the answer he gave them, one day the gun was gone, probably disposed of in a forest somewhere. My grandfather passed away in 1968. I never met my grandfather as I was born in 1985, but dad has told me as much as he knows about my grandfather's time in Petsamo

@niklasmolen4753

Sweden threatened to blow up the mines if anyone attacked. That would have meant a major interruption in the flow of iron. It certainly had an impact on the decision-making process.