The Sinking of the Blücher: The battle of Drøbak narrows April 1940 (English version)

Viewing the Oscarsborg fortress from the Kopås battery, the authors Geirr Haarr and Tor Jørgen Melien talk about their new book. It covers the attack on Norway and the sinking of the battle ship Blücher early in the morning on the 9 April 1940.
The dramatic hours in the Drøbak narrows would have effects for the war in Europe in the months and years that followed.
About the book
The Sinking of the Blücher: The battle of Drøbak narrows April 1940
Greenhill Books, 2023. 432 pages
ISBN: 9781784388751
Contributors: Tor Jørgen Melien, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, and Geirr Haarr
Production: Gustav Nyquist and Therese Klingstedt
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