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"as soon as Oscarsborg fired, the batteries at Kolpaas and Husvik fired, raking the cruiser with 15cm and 57mm shells. Between 22 and 24 15cm shells were fired from Kolpaas and a further twenty five to thirty 57mm shells from Husvik, virtually all hitting the cruiser before she was through the ...

Surprisingly, German targeting intelligence was certainly deficient, almost as bad as their political intelligence which had convinced them that the Norwegians not only wouldn't fight, but would welcome the Germans with open arms. They seemed completely unaware of the hidden torpedo battery, which h...

I visited Blucher's resting place last week. Oslofjord is very narrow at that point. It's too bad the coast artillerymen and RN Navy couldn't have also sent Lützow and Emden to the bottom, or at least nflicted damage and forced them to withdraw. The heroic actions of Oscarsborg Commander Oberst Erik...

Given that British intelligence kept such a close watch on all major KM combatants, even if Tirpitz managed to escape into the North Atlantic, both the USN and USAAF would have been on alert. It would have take a miracle for Tirpitz to have even made it into gunnery range. At best for the Germans, i...