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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #1 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 5:22pm » |
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Sven, is this a cod or a salmon they were cleaning for dinner?
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #2 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 5:25pm » |
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Whitehead torpedo model VIII dated from 1911 with torpedohead for target practising
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #3 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 6:12pm » |
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Sven,
That Krupp nameplate, is this the same one?
To an extent unprecedented in the history of industry, a corporation had become an integral part of a warlord's apparatus....two months before the invasion of Denmark, Krupp's Copenhagen agent was sending OKW [Oberkommando der Wehrmacht: General Headquarters of the German Armed Forces —WHS] coded information on the Danish armaments establishments.
He was working under intense pressure; Hitler's formal directive for the conquest of Scandinavia (Weserübung) was not issued until three weeks later, and when the fleet sailed north at 5:15 a.m. on April 9, 1940, Krupp's representative in Norway was caught off-guard. Fifteen miles south of Oslo, where the fifty-mile Oslo Fjord narrows perceptibly, stood the eighty-five-year-old fortress of Oscarborg. Essen's man in the Norwegian capital had been ordered to send [the] OKW detailed information on the defenders' strongpoints, but in his haste he had overlooked that Oscarborg was armed with ancient 28-cm Krupp cannon. Despite their age they were in superb condition. In a blaze of deadly fire they crippled one heavy cruiser, Lützow, and sank another, Blücher, with a loss of 1,600 seamen and several Gestapo officials who where on their way to proclaim Vidkung Quisling dictator of Norway.
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #4 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 6:23pm » |
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Hope im not missunderstand you Kevin
"That Krupp nameplate, is this the same one? "
Same as what ?
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #5 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 6:31pm » |
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You took a picture of:
Fried Krupp, Essen
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Is that the same cannon talked about in the article?
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #6 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 6:42pm » |
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yess the nameplate was on the canon "Moses and Aron"identical
If i remember correct this plate is on the canon "Moses"
Does that help you Kevin?
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #7 on: Jun 10th, 2006, 6:48pm » |
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Yep, I wondered where the nameplate came from. I found that little history article about Oscarborg and the cannon there, but don't know if it's the same one. And they're still in superb condition.
Good job Oscarborg!
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #9 on: Jun 11th, 2006, 8:25am » |
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Cool pictures Svenn!
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Re: Some pics from Drøbak and Oscarsborg Fortress
« Reply #10 on: Jun 11th, 2006, 12:35pm » |
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Great stuff Svenn. 
Nice history too. You have to wonder about the German surface navy. It's understandable getting clobbered by the Royal Navy, but it seemed to take a real beating wherever it went most of the time. 
You gotta love it that you sent the Blucher to the bottom with Krupp weaonry.  
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