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When did Germany occupy Denmark?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvornår besatte Tyskland Danmark?

  1. a5 May 19455. maj 1945
  2. b29 August 194329. august 1943
  3. c9 April 19409. april 1940Correct answer

Why?

German troops entered Denmark on 9 April 1940. The government chose to give up the same morning to avoid heavy losses.

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    What was the policy of cooperation (samarbejdspolitikken) during the occupation?

    Correct answer:The government stayed in office and negotiated with the Germans

    Hvad var samarbejdspolitikken under besættelsen? — Regeringen blev siddende og forhandlede med tyskerne

  2. Danmarks historie 51

    What happened on 29 August 1943?

    Correct answer:The government stopped cooperating with the Germans

    Hvad skete der den 29. august 1943? — Regeringen holdt op med at samarbejde med tyskerne

  3. Danmarks historie 52

    What did the Danish navy do on 29 August 1943?

    Correct answer:It sank many of its own ships so that the Germans could not use them

    Hvad gjorde den danske flåde den 29. august 1943? — Den sænkede mange af sine skibe, så tyskerne ikke kunne bruge dem

  4. Danmarks historie 53

    What happened to most Danish Jews in October 1943?

    Correct answer:They fled across the Øresund to Sweden

    Hvad skete der med de fleste danske jøder i oktober 1943? — De flygtede over Øresund til Sverige

Source

Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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