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	Oscarsborg Fortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oscarsborg festning is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the small city of Drøbak.
		The fortress became famous on April 9, 1940 during World War II for the sinking of the German heavy cruiser Blücher.
		Having been caught utterly by surprise by the ferocity of the Norwegian defence the German flotilla withdrew beyond the range of the fortress' guns, the Lützow using her remaining Bruno turret to bombard the defenders from a range of 11 kilometers down the fjord.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oscarsborg_festning (1030 words)

	Blücher - Oscarsborg Fortress & Blücher Wreck Site Today
		Blücher passed by the fortress in the strait in the foreground of the photo.
		Another perspective from south-east of Oscarsborg Fortress as it was seen from Blücher 9.
		The German squadron with Blücher in the lead came towards the fortress like the white ship that can be seen almost at the center of the photo.
	www.admiral-hipper-class.dk /bluecher/miscellaneous/oscarsborg_bluecher_wreck_site_today/oscarsborg_bluecher_wreck_site_today.html (784 words)

	Oscarsborg Fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Oscarsborg is situated on Kaholmene off the coast of Drøbak.
		The Coast Guard fortress Oscarsborg was built between 1845-1853.
		The Fortress is most famous for the shots that sank the German warship Blücher early in the morning on April 9, 1940.
	www.olavsrosa.no /en/objektinfo.aspx?id=26580&tipcmd=tip (164 words)

	9 April 1940
		As the ships came within range of the main fortress, the commandant ordered the searchlights to be turned on, but they were unable to do so, because their electrical power came from the town supply which had been turned off when the flout was ordered.
		The fortress gunners were able to identify silhouettes of the German warships, but held fire as two cargo ships sailed through the firing zone, and "Köln" sailed past the fort and made port in Bergen.
		The Oscarsborg fortress (which was regarded as the strongest fortress in Europe when it was built at the time of the Crimean War) was in darkness, and Admiral Kummetz assumed that there would be no resistance.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/04/09.htm (1585 words)

	Google Earth Community: Oscarsborg - The sinking of Blücher
		Oscarsborg Fortress was very well situated, but outfitted with very out-of-date equipment.
		The fortresses biggest battery had been placed at Søndre Kaholmen (the southern islet).
		Only minor material damage was done to the fortress structure, but civilian lives were lost in the build-up on the Drøbak side.
	bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/27089/page (446 words)

	Cmate 75 - Feature 23 Report 3 - Oscarborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Kinross visited Oscarsborg in July 2005 and notes that it is built on two small islands, North and South Kaholm, in the middle Oslofjord, leading to Oslo, and an hour's distance away from the capital by fast ferry.
		North Kaholm, the smaller of the two, had two batteries and the torpedo station, and Oscarsborg Fortress is on South Kaholm.
		All three islands and the surrounding mainland are well supplied with batteries, augmenting the powerful Oscarsborg Fortress, on the south tip of South Kaholm, facing down the fjord.
	www.fsgfort.com /DB/C075/23/text.htm (271 words)

	Student Travel Information & Discounts - Destinations: Oslo, Norway
		Exploring the fortress' ramparts and bastions, storehouses, powderhouses and deep, mysterious passageways is an unforgettable experience.
		This medieval castle and fortress were built in 1300 and reconstructed several times after many attacks (including the 1563-70 War of the North).
		The Oscarsborg fortress was built in 1845 and sits on a small island in the fjord and most of Drøbak overlooks the fortress.
	www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=destination&loc_id=134066§ion=see (386 words)

	The invasion hour by hour
		The main battery of Oscarsborg opens fire on Blücher at a distancce of 1800 m, scoring two hits.
		The communication link between Kaholmen, with the HQ and the main battery, and the mainland with the Kopås battery, is broken.
		Oscarsborg is still not occupied and there is no formal surrender, but the commander has given his word of honor that the ships wont be fired upon.
	hem.fyristorg.com /robertm/norge/timetable.html (1195 words)

	(GCJTP7) PPJ #54 Oscarsborg by PPJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The cache is placed on the island Søndre Kaholmen where the fortress Oscarsborg is situated.
		Vi padlet fra Sætre og ut til Oscarsborg.
		Oscarsborg has been on our wishlist for a long time - both to see the famous fortress and to find PPJ's cache of course.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCJTP7 (560 words)

	Events in Oslo
		Oscarsborg fortress in inner Oslofjord opens fire on Blücher, which later sinks.
		They later land at Son, at the outer end of the straight leading to Oscarsborg.
		The division orders the Guards to send two companies, but the order is taken back when it is clear that the enemy was stopped at Oscarsborg.
	hem.fyristorg.com /robertm/norge/timetable-oslo.html (998 words)

	Wreckdiving in Norway
		Planene tyskerne hadde ble ødelagt av Oscarsborg festning som åpnet ild mot den tyske kampgruppen i Oslofjorden.
		Blücher ble raskt truffet av granater og torpedoer og sank rett nord for Oscarsborg nær Askholmene.
		The German plans for the operation were destroyed by the Norwegian fortress Oscarsborg who opened fire on the German task force in the Oslofjord.
	www.skovheim.org /located/akershus/blucher/blucher.htm (922 words)

	Blücher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The German cruiser "Blücher" is best known as the first German loss in the invation of Norway on the 9th of April 1940.
		"Blücher" was sunk by the guns and torpedoes from the fortress "Oscarsborg"
		Etter en stund ble det fra Oscarsborg avfyrt to torpedoer som satte skipets maskiner ut av funksjon.
	www.tmbk.no /eng/bluc1en.htm (275 words)

	Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center
		Both his legs were shot off, but before he rolled overboard to die in the icy water he managed to ram and damage the torpedo boat Albatros.
		Eight - and 11 - inch shells from the fortress' old guns ripped into the Blucher and set her ablaze; explosions racked the cruiser, and she went down with the loss of over a thousand men.
		In the respite provided by the defenders of Oscarsborg, 67 - year - old King Haakon VII was whisked to the Oslo railroad station to board a waiting train and foil German plans to use him as a puppet.
	motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org /text/x18/xr1837.html (536 words)

	Welcome to Drøbak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The town itself is now a protected area: any building work must be approved by the town council's Antiquarian Committee.
		In Droebak we have one of Norways most famous military fortresses on a small island in the fjord.
		In the night the fortress is fully lightened, but Norwegian summernights is not really dark.
	www.netup.no /drobak.html (866 words)

	Sea level
		The tide gauge is located at the westside of Nordre Kaholmen (Northern Kaholmen) on the area to Oscarsborg fortress.
		Because of irregularities in tide gauge zero during the 1980-ies Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) was chosen to be 2.000 m below Normalnull 1954 (NN 1954) when a new digital tide gauge was established in 1990.
		Because of some problems with the instrument after the installation NHS has no data for the period 05.07-01.09.1990.
	vannstand.statkart.no /Engelsk/infoStasjon.php?var=Oscarsborg (104 words)

	Oscarsborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tradisjonen tro ønsker vi velkommen til julebord på Oscarsborg Festning.
		Oscarsborg Spa ligger midt i Drøbaksundet, 3 mil sør for Oslo.
		Oscarsborg Kurs- og konferansehotell tilbyr servering/ overnatting hele året.
	www.nasjonalefestningsverk.no /oscarsborg (114 words)

	North Atlantic Port of Call (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The city is heavily forested and full of museums, parks, and a 700-year old fortress.
		The narrows were protected by a system of defenses dominated by the Oscarsborg Fortress.
		The Weserubung timetable had been upset: Before the naval column could proceed north, the fortress system had to be taken by ground assault.
	navy.memorieshop.com /Atlantic/Oslo.html (629 words)

	Oslo, Norway: Things To See & Do
		This medieval fortress was built in 1300 and is a popular attraction for its forbidding remember
		This imposing fortress, located at Halden, southeast of Oslo, was built in 1661 and has proven enduring ever since, having survived six Swedish sieges.
		Exploring the fortress' ramparts and bastions, storehouses, powderhouses
	www.holidaycityflash.com /norway/oslo_things_todo.htm (644 words)

	Oslo Travel Guide - Itineraries, attractions, interesting tourist places, tours
		This fascinating open-air museum contains around 150 buildings from different regions, mostly dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, including one of Norway's oldest structures, the Gol Stave Church, built early in the 13th century in Gol and moved to its present location in 1885.
		The Oscarsborg fortress was built in 1845 and sits on a small island in the fjord.
		It's a wonder they were in any state to keep the fortress standing.
	travel.yaia.com /oslo/itineraries.html (2724 words)

	Aviation Art - Military Photos
		Etter at ”Blücher” ble senket tidlig om morgenen, den 9 april 1940, gikk det flere timer før tyskerne bestemte seg for å bombe Oscarsborg festning.
		Oscarsborg festning ble først overgitt om morgenen10 april 1940, etter at festningen hadde fått melding om at Oslo og flyplassen på Fornebu var under tysk kontroll.
		The fortress at Oscarsborg is bombed by Heinkel 111s of Kgr100 on the morning of 9th April 1940.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=93041 (1330 words)

	Oscarsborg Kurs- Og Konferansehotel Oscarsborg - online hotel reservations
		Access to subterranean passageways, museum and a romatic drawbridge over the moat.Order one of our conference packages or enjoy our a la carte menu Wednesday to Saturday.Today Oscarsborg Fortress operates as hotell, restaurant and muesum as well as offering a marina, marine activites and team building events.
		Everything is coordinated by Oscarsborg Course and Conference Hotell, which can also offer spa treatment.
		Oscarsborg Fortress is called the pearl of Oslofjorden.
	www.all-hotels.com /xbook/servlet/hotel-details?hotl_id=505748 (367 words)

	News
		During this weekend OSMTH knights gathered, together with their families at Oscarsborg Fortress.
		Our formal annual meeting was held, with the selection of the board for next year.
		The seminar was held in The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum, in Akkershus Fortress, in
	www.osmth.no /index-filer/Page448.html (560 words)

	Invasion of Norway
		But the incident was reported to colonel Birger Erichsen, the commander of Oscarsborg Fortress on a small island situated at the narrowest spot of the fjord - like a cork in a bottle - just 30 miles further in.
		Erichsen stood at the main battery with his men to demonstrate that he as the boss was in the front line.
		Many were killed on board "Blücher" and as Erichsen listened to the screams of wounded and those trown in the burning sea he could hear the crew singing "Deutschland, Deutschland, über Alles" and knew he'd hit a German ship.
	www.rootsweb.com /~norway/n_wwii.html (1454 words)

	Couple pics from flying earlier this summer - Frugal's World of Simulations
		Oscarsborg fortress, where the cannon and torpedo battery that sank the German cruiser Blücher on April 9th 1940 are located:
		Towards the top left of the pic, you can see the underwater barrier that was constructed to keep ships from passing west of the fortress, forcing them to pass east of it, where the torpedo batteries are.
		Oil still trickles out of the wreckage, and small splotches can be seen on the surface from time to time.
	forums.frugalsworld.com /vbb/showthread.php?p=1311150#post1311150 (208 words)

	Operation Weserubung
		In Bergen the forts was able to damage 3 ships, but that was not enough to prevent the surrender that came within hours.
		In the Oslofjord, the men on the Oscarsborg fortress was able, with their near antique guns, to sink the cruiser Blucher.
		The rest of the fleet awaited the invasion, because they thought the fjord was full of mines, and had to put the troops on land much further away from the capitol than planned, hence the King, Storting and the government was able to escape the Germans.
	www.nuav.net /weserubung2.html (728 words)

	Norwegian Homefleet - Ships starting with A
		On Apr. 8-1940 she was at Drøbak, and at 01:00 the next morning she was ordered to Filtvedt to patrol the area together with Furu, both being in place by 02:00.
		At 03:38 the German invasion fleet was spotted, and Alpha reported the sighting to Oscarsborg fortress.
		The German cruiser Blücher was sunk by fire from the fortress not long afterwards (see also Kristiansand, Sørland and Halden 1).
	www.warsailors.com /homefleet/shipsa.html (8734 words)

	Stock Photo of Canon in the fortress on island of Hvar-Croatia
		Stock Photo of Canon in the fortress on island of Hvar-Croatia
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		Brick reinforced living quarters of the troops in Ft. Jeffereson in Dry...
	www.shutterstock.com /pic-896539.html (101 words)

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