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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Niels Larsen Bruun[edit]

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The German supply ship Roda sinking

... that the Norwegian naval officer Niels Larsen Bruun sank a German supply ship (pictured) before he was certain which country was invading Norway during the Second World War? Source: Jeg ble da lei av det hele og besluttet å senke fartøyet for å bli kvitt det, krig med Tyskland eller ikke. Jeg tenkte at er det ikke tyskerne vi er i krig med, så får den norske stat erstatte og jeg selv få avskjed som sjøoffiser. "(English translation: I then tired of it all and decided to sink the ship to get rid of it, war with Germany or not. I figured that if it is not the Germans we are at war with, then the Norwegian state will have to compensate and I be discharged as a naval officer.)" (Steen, Erik Anker (1956). Norges sjøkrig 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). 3: Sjøforsvarets kamper og virke på Vestlandet og i Trøndelag i 1940. Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Page 163.)
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Reviewed: Guy Fort

Created by Manxruler (talk). Self-nominated at 12:41, 26 March 2017 (UTC).

- Length, Date, QPQ, and Earwigs check. Foreign language ref accepted AGF. The image appears to be PD due to age in Norway and therefore should be free to utilize. Mifter (talk) 01:48, 2 April 2017 (UTC)