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Oscarsborg Fortress

Akershus · Norway

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Oscarsborg Fortress, Norway
Photo: Unknown Norwegian military person located at Håøya Island., Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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An island fortress in the Oslofjord narrows, famous for sinking the German cruiser Blücher with shore guns and torpedoes in 1940. Its casemated batteries and hidden torpedo battery survive from that action.

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