09-08-2003, 09:15 AM
The sinking of the german warship Blücher in the fjord of Oslo on the 9th of April 1940.
Blücher was approaching Oslo with the intention of capturing the norwegian royal family.
The ship was spotted at the Fortress of Oscarsborg, and 0519 they opened fire against the ship, and at 0742 it went down.
That alarmed the norwegian armed forces of the coming invasion, and enabled them to rush the king out of Oslo and move him north.
They were followed by wehrmacht, but laid in ambush at a small town called Elverum and managed to hold the germans back. Three cities were bombed while the king passed through them untill he could escape to England and organize the resistance.
Blücher was approaching Oslo with the intention of capturing the norwegian royal family.
The ship was spotted at the Fortress of Oscarsborg, and 0519 they opened fire against the ship, and at 0742 it went down.
That alarmed the norwegian armed forces of the coming invasion, and enabled them to rush the king out of Oslo and move him north.
They were followed by wehrmacht, but laid in ambush at a small town called Elverum and managed to hold the germans back. Three cities were bombed while the king passed through them untill he could escape to England and organize the resistance.