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Battle of Drøbak Sound

1940 CE · Norway, Europe · War

Battle of Drøbak Sound
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The Battle of Drøbak Sound took place in Drøbak Sound, the northernmost part of the outer Oslofjord in south-eastern Norway, on 9 April 1940. It marked the end of the "Phoney War" and the beginning of World War II in Western Europe.

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