Aldrig mere en 9. april! - Forsvarskommandoen

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Aldrig mere en 9. april! Genopbygningen af Danmarks forsvar 1945-1951. NATO-medlemskabet gjorde det muligt for forsvarskommissionen af 1946 endeligt at færdiggøre dets arbejde, og det resulterede i 1950 i en omstrukturering af forsvaret med oprettelsen af en fælles værnskommando og luftvåbnet som forsvarets tredie værn. NATOmedlemskabet var også et brud med den hidtidige defensive danske forsvarspolitik, og betød at søværnet skulle forberede sig på at kæmpe langt inde i Østersøen og i tæt samarbejde med landets nye allierede. Søren Nørby 103
Aldrig mere en 9. april! Genopbygningen af Danmarks forsvar 1945-1951. English Summary When the Second World War ended in May 1945 the Danish armed forces had virtually ceased to exist. A few ships had managed to escape to Sweden in August 1943 and they were, together with the so called Danish Brigade, which had been established in Sweden during the war, able to return to Denmark in May 1945. The rebuilding of the Danish Armed Forces was just one of many tasks the Danish Government had to contend with following the German surrender. The primary and most pressing tasks were mine clearance and taking care of German refugees in Denmark. Until 9 April 1940, Denmark had succeeded in maintaining its neutrality, but the German occupation provided proof positive that declaring itself neutral was no longer a guarantee, if it ever had been, for its national security. In fact Denmark itself breached its declared status of isolated neutrality in 1945 when it joined the United Nations. Be that is it may, in my opinion Denmark retained a de facto neutrality policy until it joined NATO in April 1949. The rebuilding of the Danish armed forces was not an issue capable of attracting the attention of Danish politicians until the "Easter Crisis" of March 1948. In the first years following the liberation, they waited in vain for guidelines from the United Nations and even when they did not arrive, the rebuilding of the country’s defences held a low priority because the Danish economy was in a slump. The navy bought or leased a few ships and the army acquired some hardware, mainly earmarked for the Danish participation in the occupation of Germany. And then suddenly, in the beginning of March 1948, the Danish government issued orders for the army and navy to prepare for an attack or coup against the Danish government. The response of positive impotence revealed to the Danish politicians just how bad a state the Danish forces were in and they began looking for new allies who could support Denmark should the Soviet Union attack or attempt to apply pressure on the country. After an abortive attempt to create a Nordic Defence Union in February 1949, the Danish government made the decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. It was no easy decision but it was a necessary one, and with NATO membership came the sorely needed weapons the Danish armed forces needed to defend the country. 104
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