The stockpile of German ammunition left in Norway in 1945 could have been cleared and dismantled by the Germans. Norway declined the offer and began dumping it in Lake Mjøsa and other lakes instead.
  • Björn@swg-empire.de
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    18 days ago

    And in a few hundred years some archaeologist will dig up some Viking swords alongside German ammunition.

  • WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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    18 days ago

    I skimmed through the article but I don’t understand why they decided to dump all the ammo and weapons instead of keeping them as a strategic reserve. Norway was a founding member of NATO so they clearly were worried about the USSR in the immediate aftermath of the war. Having enough German weapons to arm a national guard seems like it would have been preferable to just dumping it all.