8 April 1940
Sinking of Pol III
Welding-Olsen is killed when the patrol boat Pol III challenges German invasion ships approaching Oslofjord.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Oslofjord in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Welding-Olsen is killed when the patrol boat Pol III challenges German invasion ships approaching Oslofjord.
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