Late in the evening on 8 April 1940, several ships were spotted at Færder lighthouse, the target was Oslo. With superior strength and high confidence, the ships sailed into the Oslo Fjord. The enemy was clearly not prepared to meet the 65-year-old colonel from Northern Norway. When Colonel Birger Eriksen opened fire at Oscarsborg fortress, it was the Germans' biggest loss of soldiers in an attack in Norway. This is the story of the German attack on Oslo 1940. Tuesday 9 April 1940. The city is occupied by German troops. The confusion is great in the defense leadership. Apart from the sinking of Blücher at Oscarsborg and the defense of Fornebu, the day is the darkest ever for the Norwegian defense and the country's political leadership, which is not even able to mobilize the country's conscripts. However, the king, the royal family, the government and the Storting manage, thanks to the lowering of Blücher and CJ Hambro's cunning, to get to Hamar by train before the Germans march into the city at 3 p.m. escorted by Norwegian mounted police, while people stand stunned and watching. Norges Bank's gold holdings are saved and transported away with 26 trucks. In the evening, Vidkun Quisling carries out a coup d'état by radio. FESTNINGSVERK MILITARY HISTORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: WEB: http://festningsverk.no FACEBOOK PAGE: / festningsverk.no FACEBOOK GROUP: / bilderfranorge FACEBOOK: / 460485847982579 INSTAGRAM: / norwegian_ww2_photos INSTAGRAM: / festningsverk LINK TO PHOTOS FROM FORNEBU 1940: http:// festningsverk.no/index.php/nyh... http://festningsverk.no/index.php/nyh... OSLO DURING THE OCCUPATION YEARS 1940-1945. The occupation in Oslo 1940–45, Unlike many other European capitals, Oslo was little exposed to regular acts of war during the war. The city was also not exposed to strategic bombing, and it suffered little damage during the war years. The bombing and sabotage actions were highly targeted and mostly affected individual buildings and installations. The city's basic structure had not changed significantly in 1945. Most of the schools were requisitioned as barracks for the occupation soldiers, and teaching took place in temporary premises. Large military camps were built i.a. at Lambertseter (Lambertseterleiren), Smestad (Smestadleiren), Himstadjordet (Bogstadleiren, where Bogstad Camping is now), Etterstad (Etterstadleiren) and on Hovedøya. At Holmen, at Korsvolltoppen and at Ekebergsletta they had anti-aircraft batteries. Furthermore, the occupying power took over important public buildings and held about 800 places in Oslo and Aker during the liberation. The German Reichskommissariat was located in the Storting, and the Palace was Vidkun Quisling's office. Quisling moved into Villa Grande on Bygdøy, which he renamed "Gimle", while Reichskommissar Terboven lived at Skaugum in Asker. He nevertheless had an Oslo residence at Kristinelundveien 4. The National Assembly's head office was at Rådhusgata 17, while the Rikshirdstaben was located in the old Krigsskolebygning at Tollbugata 10. In Hieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1, several of NS's side organizations were located together with the head office of the German Nazi Party. The Frontkjemperkontoret had premises in Stortingsgata 12. The German military leaders headed by Nikolaus von Falkenhorst stayed at the KNA hotel in Parkveien and used Oslo Handelsgymnasium's new building on the other side of the street for offices. Møllergata 19 was taken over as a police station and prison, and the Gestapo had its headquarters at Victoria Terrasse. At Akershus fortress there was a prison and a court. The German war cemetery was located at Ekeberg. The Germans also set up their own field post office (Hegdehaugens school), theater (in Casino i Stortingsgata 16), school (Josefines gate 34), newspaper (Akersgata 34), brothel (Dronningens gate 6) and a number of restaurants. SOURCE: Oslo Byleksikon Sources for the video blog: IT HAPPENED HERE, OTTAR SAMUELSEN: https://www.ark.no/boker/Ottar-Samuel... STAVANGER AFTENBLAD: https://www.aftenbladet.no/meninger/ d... OLAV TRYGVASON, THE BATTLE IN THE HORTEN: http://forsvaretsmuseer.no/Marinemuse... INFORMATION BOARD AT TORÅS FORT