What the records say
- When
- 9 Apr 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 59.70° N, 10.59° E
- Description
- 1940 battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign
- War
- World War II
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “German invasion of Norway: German heavy cruiser Blücher is sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from the Norwegian coastal fortress Oscarsborg in the Oslofjord”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La bataille du détroit de Drøbak se déroula dans le fjord d'Oslo le 9 avril 1940 pendant la campagne de Norvège de la Seconde Guerre mondiale”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение в проливе Дрёбак”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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