Today marks the 70th anniversary of the German invasion of Norway. Above is a spread with picture taken (courtesy of http://imgur.com/otJJD) from the guard's log from Oscarsborg, the fortress that sunk Blücher, Germany's newest heavy cruiser at the time.
As David Irving described the invasion on his site: "The 70th anniversary of Hitler's lightning invasion of Norway. Germans got there just days before Mr Churchill's invasion of Norway (had overheard him chatting about it on the phone). Guess who was hanged for war crimes."
I infer he is referring to General Alfred Jodl, who convinced Hitler to stay the course after he had grown nervous about the overall campaign.
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