Sinking the Blücher: How an Outdated Fort Upended the WWII Invasion of Norway

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Filed Under: Antarctic Adventures

The Battle of Drøbak Sound was one of the most incredible confrontations of the Second World War: an old and outdated fort, manned by recruits, managed to not only strike but sink one of the Kreigsmarine’s newest and most powerful warships. The brave actions of the men of the Oscarsborg crucially delayed the invasion of Norway and forever changed the direction of the Second World War.

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