Press photo memorial sunk cruiser Blücher Oslo 1940

Press photo from Belgian press agency. Memorial with guards honering the lost sailors from the cruiser Blücher Oslo 1940. 18x13cm.

Assigned to Group 5 during the invasion of Norway in April 1940, Blücher served as Konteradmiral Oskar Kummetz’s flagship. The ship led the flotilla of warships into the Oslofjord on the night of 8 April, to seize Oslo, Two torpedoes fired by land-based torpedo batteries struck the ship, causing serious damage. A major fire broke out aboard Blücher, which could not be contained. After a magazine explosion, the ship sank, with major loss of life. The wreck lies at the bottom of Oslofjord.