Sinking the Blücher: How Norway Stopped the WWII German Invasion Utlendings Reaksjon 🇳🇴 REACTION
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- Original: Sinking the Blücher: How an Outdated Fort Stopped the WWII Invasion of Norway
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Imagine being the person to tell Hitler that the Blücher has been sunk, and that by an unprepared and heavily undermanned defense force. That's definitely not a good day at the office.
I would NOT do that 😂😂
That's what I was thinking too lol
Another major consequence: The Norwegian merchant fleet, one of the world’s largest at the time, went into allied war service almost overnight, so ordered by the legal Norwegian authorities. If the cabinet, parliament and King had been captured, the merchant fleet could have been pressed into axis service instead. Churchill once said that the Norwegian seafarers were "worth more than a million soldiers." Around 500 Norwegian ships were lost, and around 4000 sailors were killed in service. They were the unsong heroes for far too long.
One thing this guy missed in the story, which just shows how badass Colonel Eriksen was: As he was met with doubt from his recruits, he was quoted to say "Either I will be decorated, or I will be court-martialed. Fire!" and "Damn right we're firing live ammunition." It was obvious not everyone under his command were convinced these were enemies, but Eriksen knew that he could not hesitate.
Duh!
Teacher Paul reads about EXACTLY this early in the video...and he reads it aloud! 😆
@@steinovemjeldheim5132 From who's comment do you think that is? 🤔 Nah, just kidding - I was referring to the narrator in the original video
Colonel Eriken got the highest decorated medal of valor that Norway could give him after the war. So the decorated part was true
You should react too the heavywater sabotage! The history is incredible
Now that's a mission that could have changed WWII for the worse if it had failed.
What if Hitler had gotten his hands on a nuclear bomb.
@@DonGorgen yep, Norway actually did some important missions, brave people involved fore sure
"kongens nei"'s international title is "The Kings Choice"
GPS comes from a satellite network in orbit. WWII predates GPS by a bit. :D
I meant radar 🫣
@@NordicReactions Blücher had an early radar, useless in the narrow sound. Oscarsborg only optical sights.
Operation Weserübung: 1940, invention of GPS, early 1970s but only implemented in 1993.. A bit late to be of any use during the German invasion of Norway..
The first man made object in space the V2 rockets! The first man made object to circle the earth: The Sputnik in 1957 (by the USSR).
Greetings from Narvik ( Yes It's also was crucial in the WWII of Norway, and there's a movie about the battle )
Radar wasn't that much used, but as the story goes, the commander of Oscarsborg didn't have that many men.
After all they were cut down due to defense budgets, so he scraped together what he could find of men on the fort, including cooks and kitchen staff and managed to staff 2 guns.
He also only had 2 shots, as any chance of reloading the guns to fire again would take too long.
On approach the German ship Albatross ran into a coast guard vessel named Pol III which is also an amazing story, however they did manage to relay a message of German war vessels on approach, but not much more.
So faced with sketchy messages, the fort commander made the decision that he was going to disobey the Rules of Engagement, and whatever was coming in the fjord was to be fired upon.
Oberst Eriksen had a mixed crew for 2 of the 3 main guns. All 3 were loaded and ready. After the second shot, the Blücher was roo close for a third shot. The 15 cm batteries at the Drøbak side did shoot about 15 hits on Blücher. The Husvik battery, 57 mm scored multiple hits.
The commander Oberst Eriksen followed his orders to the letter but for one detail. He should have opened with a warning shot. His arguments was that all necessary warning had been given prior by POL III and the forts Bolærne and Rauøy.
Cool reaction
Epic topic
i am from norway so it is always so for me when people react to This topic
always so cool for me
Some times i get so excited i forget to spell some word
yes, ww2 is before GPS. GPS requires satelites.
I don't think people realise how strong of a ship that was compared to the relatively 'primitive' firing power it was under
This is probably the most important happening in Norway along with the sabotageoperation at Vemork to destroy Hitlers heavy water production. When you walk at Oscarsborg fort, you feel the history that was made there April 9th. 1940. The grandfather of one of my friends was the one that fired the torpedoes that gave Blücher its final blow. The fleet was attack from several positions, both landside and from Oscarsborg. This happening made it possible for the Norwegian Royal family, the government and many from the Norwegian parliment to escape, and for the Norwegian Bank to get all our goldreserves out of Norway.
When you walk inside the torpedohall at Oscarsborg, you really feel how dramatic it was those minutes the battle lasted. Another German cruiser was hit and had to withdraw.
Yes Birger Eriksen was a hero, and his orders became important, but the first clash between the German fleet heading for Oslo, was a Norwegian patrolboat (size of a standard fishingboat) with only a machinegun to use. The skipper tried to force the German navy to turn back, and when the Germans did not stop, the patrolboat opened fire towards the German fleet. He also sent a message about hostile ships approaching. The German fleet returned fire at the patrolboat. The captain was killed, the rest of the crew survived and were taken prisoners. They were treated as heroes by the Germans for showing no fear.
They didn't stop anything. They just delayed it a bit,so the king use the moment to get away, that's all. While they were fighting of the Nazis. The Nazis was literally pouring in through Sweden. Who gladly helped them with transporting troops and supplies to fight the Norwegians
Hehehe!!! Seriosly?? Before GPS??? Jezus. There wasn' one satelite up in the sky in 1940! It took over 20 years more. GPS. :D :D
Invention on GPS before the first satelite has been launced would be awsome :p
There's more movies coming about this subject. I am looking forward to that.
"Visst fanden skal der skytes med skarpt!" Google translate it, and yes, I'm Norwegian. :)
We didnt stop the German invasion. we where occupied from 1940 til 45.
But we did delay it enough for the King, the Parliament and the Government to escape to London. Along with our gold reserve and currency printing plates.
The Norwegian Armed forced resisted from april til june 1940
That's not accurate. Norway never capitulated. Open warfare became pointless so the normal army was shut down and The Organization was formed and they fought throughout the war. So it's more accurate to say that the armed forces went underground. That was inevitable anyway, because Norway could never withstand a full scale attack by Germany over time. That simply cannot be done.
@@jeschinstad Kapitulasjonsavtalen 1940 mellom de tyske og norske overkommandoene ble undertegnet 10. juni 1940 i Trondheim. Avtalen dekket kapitulasjon av de norske styrkene i Norge og ble til på bakgrunn av at de allierte trakk ut sine styrker fra Narvik og norske myndigheter oppga kampen på norsk jord.
@@jeschinstadKapitulasjonsavtalen 1940 mellom de tyske og norske overkommandoene ble undertegnet 10. juni 1940 i Trondheim. Avtalen dekket kapitulasjon av de norske styrkene i Norge og ble til på bakgrunn av at de allierte trakk ut sine styrker fra Narvik og norske myndigheter oppga kampen på norsk jord.
@@jeschinstad the norwegian forces capitulated on June tenth 1940. In Trondheim.
The Organization I suppose you mean Milorg, which was established in 1942 to organise all the resistance movements under military structure. They where however not regular armed forced but irregulars tasked with sabotage, infiltration and covert intelligence.
@@erlendsvenssson8534 No, the Norwegian armed forces never capitulated. The ranking officer in Norwegian defense is the King and he didn't capitulate, but on the contrary, he ordered continued resistance. That is why The Organization (later Milorg) was formed and hence it is more proper to say that the Norwegian armed forces went underground. But you are wrong about the timing. The Organization was established in 1940. It was however not officially approved as Norway's armed forces until 1941, but that was mostly about logistics.
Wait.. did this.. teacher, actually ask if gps was invented before the second world war? Are you serious right now?? You need God damned satellites for gps.. come on man!
you obviously know I misspoke and meant to say radar. It's not hard to understand
my granddad sank it.
One interesting aspect of this whole thing. Surviving german soldiers came on shore and got help from locals, untirely unaware that they country was just invaded. Still gave help. War is really stupid. imho. We should stop with that thing.
Til Valhall!!!
I love this video and other videos of yours, really! However Sputnik was not launched until the late fifties, and Sputnik 1 did not have gps capabilities, not even close! Sputnik 1 was just trying to orbit the earth, if I remember correctly. gps is a much later invention, created by the us military in the 70's and didn't become privately used before the 80's.
Sorry! I misspoke, I meant to say radar rather than GPS
@@NordicReactions That makes much more sense 🙂
@@NordicReactions still love 💕 your video (s)
I am so sorry, just know, I loved your video!
And if you want to make a video about WW2 that really changed the output, you should show how Norwegian resistance stopped Germany from getting the Abomb.
Calling the channel Teacher Paul, but not sure if GPS was invented before or after ww2, Stopped watching after this and blocking the channel.
How do you block a channel?
@@herr007v9 When you see a video just click the 3 dotted line, and click block channel, can't block channel you search for, or are subbed to, they need to show up randomly, but remove the video from history, and it will probably show up again so you can block it.
Wow, such ignorance, I'm an English teacher (ESL/EFL). The whole idea is that I learn about my student's country's history and culture while helping them practice their listening skills. Plus, as I've mentioned many times before, I misspoke and meant to say radar.
@NordicReactions No worries. I enjoy your vids and have for a long time. Just noticed the GPS ting. I actually studied rocket science at a top American Uni. Then, worked with in strategic consulting with outfits like Darpa. But, that is a long time ago. I am also doing ESL, and actually just started a master's degree for that. Not sure how it will be, but. I like studying, but what matters is being a better teacher. I am older than you probably. Just realizing I guess how things will get lost in time. I am of the age were I grew up reading ww2 comics which were mass produced. Heroic Spitfire fighters, omaha beach. Btw, after all this, Norwegians were allowed to start a spitfire squadron in England. This entire ww2 history is... My grandfather took part in the battle of Narvik and won. Perhaps the first win against the Germans as well. Not only a Norwegian victory. It ended up being a loss anyhow, but for the time being the battle was won because of strong support from UK, Polish and French troops who fought with the fisherman army that my grandfather was part of. He told me a lot about those fights, and how it was a terribly thing to kill a man. Something that bothered him to his dying day. Sorry, if you got my message wrong. Just thinking about teaching. For young people. Satellites, GPS, radar, internet, everything will be a bit confused because tech development happened so fast. Radar is interesting of course and came to its fore in ww2. England had it, and the germans did not know they did. Battle of Brittain? I am not an expert on this. You know that first boat in this vid. That is how they saw things. Through binoclours. And, I spell wrong again.
Other historical events or situations that matter, and the timing matters that... things like the emergence of aspirin, antiobiotics. I think current history we read in our books have not accounted for those. DDT and pesticides too. There are a lot of odd correlations around these things.
Thank you 😊
@@NordicReactions I like functional grammar. Spelling matters the least. Though I am a published scientist, and when studying rocket science (was actually electric engineering, but did some courses in space science at CU Boulder)...My English essays are quite good. But, youtube comments. Drunk. ouf. So do not care. But, another comment.. I studied rocket science in Colorado, did economics in Australia. Just love love the world. Sometimes it is even funny. Who were the Brazilian students in Brisbane Australia? The beach volley guys. The Italian guy worried about fashion. Sometimes the world is too stereotypical. For myself. I am a stoic and I guess almost a panteist Christian. Or a khabbalist. There is god in everything, and certainly in every man woman and child.
@@NordicReactions Also just explaining the battle of Narvik. It was sort of won. Then the next day, Hitler attacked France and Paris. All allied troops withdraw. So. That ended up in the Norwegian capitulation.
Before the invention of GPS?
I am a teacher too, and this challenging for me. How people even like yourself have no sense of I guess technological and historical development. GPS is sat tech. No. Before that we relied on eye sight. Radar did exist in early forms, but not here yet.
Well, lights and binoculars too. Just did not occur to me that people do not have this sense, but of course they don't. Not even sure why I do. A general interest? But, that seems lost.
Yes, long before GPS was invented.