After the Anglo-French forces were defeated in the war along the Belgian border, they had already fallen into a disadvantageous position for the rest of the war.
It was precisely because of this that the Germans were able to free their hands and carry out more and greater strategic operations.
Once they could act without restraint, the Germans finally revealed their enormous ambitions.
In mid-July 1936, a German Army Corps set out for Denmark and launched an undeclared war against it.
The Danish Government could only be forced to declare war on Germany and join the Anglo-French-Austro-Australian Alliance.
But that was not the end of it. The Germans' target was clearly not limited to Denmark; they even had designs on Sweden and Norway.
Although the three Nordic countries were relatively less developed than Central and Western Europe, their territories were vast. Precisely because of their enormous land area, the three Nordic countries possessed abundant mineral resources and other supplies—things Germany desperately lacked at present.
At the very beginning, the Germans could still purchase a certain amount of supplies from the three Nordic countries through peaceful means. But after the war broke out, the British people tightened their blockade of the Baltic Sea, making it far more difficult for the Germans to obtain enough supplies.
Moreover, it was summer, and the Baltic Sea was still a warm sea. But once winter arrived, a considerable portion of the Baltic Sea would be covered in ice, seriously affecting the fleet's movements.
To ensure that they could obtain sufficient supplies at any time, the Germans decided to bring the three Nordic countries directly under their rule.
After all, they were already at full-scale war with the Anglo-French-Australasian Alliance, so there was no longer any need to care about the negative impact that attacking the