Sunday, April 10, 2011

1940 Chronology: 10 April

Denmark accepts the German ultimatum.

King Haakon of Norway repudiates the puppet government of Vidkun Quisling.

In Norway, a British flotilla commanded by Captain Warburton Lee surprised ten German destroyers in Narvik fjord. He sinks two ships, but loses two of his own.

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Bibliography:
World War II Magazine Day-by-Day Desk Diary, 1989

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