German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground

Caption     German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101II-MO-0683-07
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Invasion of Denmark and Norway   Main article  Photos  
Admiral Hipper   Main article  Photos  
Blücher   Main article  Photos  
Emden   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 800 x 534 pixels
Photos on Same Day 8 Apr 1940
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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1. Anonymous says:
13 May 2011 04:16:15 AM

This is the heavy cruiser "Blücher" at the 8.4.1040 on her way to Oslo, Norway. Picture taken on light cruiser "Emden".

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