During the Second World War, the German invasion and occupation of Denmark was...relatively relaxed. The Nazi ground campaign lasted only 6 hours before Denmark surrendered, making it the shortest campaign in the war. The Danes did resist the occupation, but more through underground activities than direct fighting. They also successfully smuggled all but 500 of their population of 8,000 Jews into neutral Sweden. By the end of the war, 'only' 3,000 Danes had died in Denmark as a result of the occupation (although many others had perished fighting in other countries), a much smaller percentage than in most other countries. On account of all this, Germans referred to Denmark as the 'Whipped Cream Front', as the chance of being killed was much less than the Eastern or Western Fronts.
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