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Battle of Drøbak Sound

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.

Battle of Drøbak Sound
Battle of Drøbak Sound · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
9 Apr 1940
Where
Drøbak Sound
Era
Modern

Topics

Norway848 CE – today

Before and after

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