German (Bismark-class) battleship "Tirpitz" firing her 380 mm main guns.

Battleship Tirpitz

German submarine U-251 is at anchor in Narvik (Norway), after attacking convoy PQ-17 in June 1942.
The U-251, a Type VIIC submarine, one of which was the workhorse of German U-boats during World War Two. The U-251 was subsequently sunk by British aircraft on April 19, 1945. There were four survivors, thirty-nine men died.

 U-251

German sailor with Norwegian girl.

Obviously Germans thought highly of occupation service in Norway versus active war service in one of the bloody Frontlines in Europe.