Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (born Nikolaus von Jastrzembski, 17 January 1885 – 18 June 1968) was a German General in World War II. He planned and commanded the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, and was commander of German troops in Norway from 1940 to 1944.
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“If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one’s duty toward one’s own subjects; for thus one exposes them to the law of retribution.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)