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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Virv on 2024-07-02 06:04:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Germans invaded Norway off of maps from a tourist guidebook. Hitler gave the commanding ground general less than eight hours to plan the invasion so the general picked up a guidebook at a nearby stationary store. Norway resisted for 61 days - the longest of any German defeated nation.