Not content to rest for long after conquering Poland, by spring 1940 the German army was on the move once more, this time striking northward into Scandinavia. Denmark, unprepared for war and unaware that Germany harbored hostility towards it, surrendered under threat of a destructive bombing attack. The Norwegian army was better prepared and fought the invaders tenaciously, with assistance from the British Army, Navy, and Royal Air Force. The RAF was already stretched thin, with fighters needed to defend both France and Britain itself. Only a scant few airplanes were dispatched to Norway, including several of the obsolescent Gladiator biplanes. Despite operating under makeshift conditions, the Gladiators nonetheless fought well, bloodying the nose of the Luftwaffe before the British were finally forced out of Norway. This scenario depicts a flight of Gladiators intercepting a German dive-bomber group.
