Norway: The Forgotten Battle of WW2

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  @AnimarchyHistory · 2 years ago · pinned

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• ST

  @stephencowie696 · 4 months ago

  Whenever your feeling down - always remember to channel your inner HMS Warspite

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• WH

  @wholesomelunch6576 · 1 year ago

  Losing a heavily armed, brand new, state of the art heavy cruiser to a pensioner armed with outdated weapons manned by trainees is wild. I cannot imagine the rage Hitler was in hearing that shit

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• FA

  @falcorusticolus4360 · 2 years ago

  &quot;If there is anyone who still wonders why this war is being fought, let him look to Norway. If there is anyone who has any delusions that this war could have been averted, let him look to Norway; and if there is anyone who doubts the democratic will to win, again I say, let him look to Norway. &quot;<br>U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt - 16 September 1942

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• KE

  @kebman · 1 year ago

  There&apos;s a story of a German fast boat landing in Stavanger, and then the crew going ashore and to a mansion to commandeer their phone in the middle of the night. They were then promptly ordered to &quot;phone home&quot; to German HQ. Except... Well, the Norwegian phone system is completely different from the German one, so they ended up calling a Swedish count. The count being well educated spoke fluent German, so when he heard that Germans were landed in Stavanger he immediately knew that Norway was being invaded. Naturally, the first thing he did then, was to call the Swedish foreign ministry, who re-laid the call to the Norwegian embassy in Stockholm - who then believed it to be a prank call........

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• DE

  @Dexs911 · 2 years ago

  The battle of Narvik.<br><br>Where HMS Warspite decided it wanted to be a destroyer.

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• BR

  @breitve · 2 years ago

  when HMS warspite was finally decomissioned, the wheel from her bridge was ceremonially gifted to the norwegian king, and hung on the wall of the city hall in narvik.<br>it is still there to this day

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• BA

  @baconsinatra8837 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Captain, we&apos;ve got a German battke cruiser in front of us!&quot;<br><br>&quot;Then it&apos;s an even fight. &quot;

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• KY

  @kyleshape8645 · 2 years ago

  This is just further proof of the rule of thumb: A commander&apos;s insanity is inversely proportional to the size of his vessel. If almost all destroyer captains are this mad, then TP boat captains must be absolutely unhinged.

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  @strandern123 · 2 years ago

  Thanks for this Animarchy, we Norwegians appreciate it!❤

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  @TheNerdForAllSeasons · 2 years ago

  &quot;And if rumors are to be believed, a ceremonial cutlass kept aboard for special occasions.&quot; Well they certainly found an occasion to break it out of the glass case.

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• RW

  @rwagingsloth9528 · 2 years ago

  honestly surprised you didnt give a giga-chad counter to that Norwegian boat that crossed the atlantic. that&apos;s some SERIOUS courage and seamanship to pull that off.

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