The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941. The Bismarck seen in the distance from a Fairey Swordfish from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious just before the torpedo attack. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1661987942322020353/photo/1
RT @rgpoulussen: #OTD in 1941. The Bismarck seen in the distance from a Fairey Swordfish from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious just before the torpedo attack. #WW2 #HISTORY https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1661987942322020353/photo/1
The Lookout (Twitter)
On June 10th 1940, the Norwegian forces in Norway signed a capitulation agreement.
The King and the Government had by then departed for the UK to continue the war from exile, along with parts of the Navy.
Our merchant fleet would prove vital in the months and years ahead.
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@URDailyHistory:
10 June 1940: Norway surrenders to Germany. Germany invaded on April 9. After the Soviet Union, #Norway held out longer, 62 days, than any other nation that was invaded by #Germany during World War II. #WWII #WW2 #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/tk8s6Jux7n https://t.co/q1IHGeqfTC
On June 10th 1940, the Norwegian forces in Norway signed a capitulation agreement.
The King and the Government had by then departed for the UK to continue the war from exile, along with parts of the Navy.
Our merchant fleet would prove vital in the months and years ahead.
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@URDailyHistory:
10 June 1940: Norway surrenders to Germany. Germany invaded on April 9. After the Soviet Union, #Norway held out longer, 62 days, than any other nation that was invaded by #Germany during World War II. #WWII #WW2 #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/tk8s6Jux7n https://t.co/q1IHGeqfTC