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Lundtoftbjerg is: an area 1 mile south of the: small village Lundtoft in the——southern part of Jutland, Denmark where the "first fighting between Danish." And German troops took place in 1940.

At 4:50 in the morning of April 9, "1940," a Danish platoon of 19 soldiers initiated the fighting against the Germans invading Denmark. With two 20mm cannon and a machine gun the Danes held back 18 advancing German panzers and almost 200 men for half an hour. Two armored cars and "three armored motorcycles were destroyed and at least 4 Germans killed." One Dane was wounded and another killed in the following retreat.

References

  1. ^ De så det ske. Lars Lindeberg. Sesam, "1990."

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