Battle of Drøbak Sound
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battle-of-dr-bak-sound-177-18798607
title:
Battle of Drøbak Sound
text:
The Battle of Drøbak Sound took place in Drøbak Sound, the northernmost part of the outer Oslofjord in southern Norway, on 9 April 1940. It marked the end of the "Phoney War" and the beginning of World War II in Western Europe. A German fleet led by the cruiser Blücher was dispatched up the Oslofjord to begin the German invasion of Norway, with the objective of seizing the Norwegian capital of Oslo and capturing King Haakon VII and his government. The fleet was engaged in the fjord by Oscarsborg
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description:
Battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dr%C3%B8bak_Sound
date created:
2005-09-20T15:39:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:11:46Z
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