Seeing the threat of German invasion, many Danes fled Denmark early. Many of these people fled to neutral Sweden where they did not give up the fight. A group called the Moonshiners occurred in Sweden and was made up of these Danes who had fled early and desire to help their people. The Moonshiners were responsible for all Danish resistance in Sweden which acted as the "middle man" between Denmark and Britain. The Moonshiners transferred information but mainly smuggled, or "moonshined" as they called it, weapons and supplies into Denmark (Thomas 41). The Moonshiners ran naval blockades in the Skagerrak and Katteget repeatedly to deliver 100 tons of the total 1000 tongs of supplies and weapons delivered by Britain to Denmark (Thomas 32).
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