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Early 1940.
The Franco-British had been at war with Germany since September 1941 but no combat had yet taken place.
Scandinavia became a strategic issue for both sides. Hitler, worried that the Allies would cut him off from his Swedish iron supplies, prepared a military operation to take control of Norway.
At the same time, the Franco-British are preparing to mine the Norwegian waters, and even to land troops there...
00:00 Intro
02:38 The Altmark affair
04:46 Allied and German plans
06:29 Start of the operation Wilfred
07:20 Departure of the German groups
08:41 HMS Glowworm vs Admiral Hipper
09:48 The Orzel torpedoes the Rio de Janeiro
10:24 Naval movements in the north
11:35 Group 5 enters the Oslo Fjord
12:37 Rainown vs Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
15:59 Battle of Drøbak Strait
Music
Battle Loop [Loop ready] by Alexander Nakarada
filmmusic.io/song/9302-battle...
License (CC BY 4.0): filmmusic.io/standard-license
Desert Nomads by Rafael Krux
Link: filmmusic.io/song/5291-desert...
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
Battle Ready by Bryan Teoh
Freepd - CCO
Photos
Vestfold Fylkesmuseum Digitalt bildearkiv
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
Imperial War Museum
US Navy
Polish National Digital Archive
Bundesarchiv
Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway) from Oslo, Norway
The National Museum of Denmark
Wikimedia