Word: draken
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...appearances last week placed the Swedes closer to a break with Germany than at any other time during the war. Sweden's stubborn insistence lifted a paralyzing four-month ban on overseas shipping through the Skagerrak. Angry notes passed over the sinking of two Swedish submarines Ulven and Draken, in Swedish territorial waters. The insult direct was implicit in the appointment of Baron Johan Beck-Früs as Minister to the exiled government in London of Norway's valiant old King Haakon...
...Searchers for the Swedish submarine Ulven, lost April 16 near the spot where the Draken was attacked, found German mines moored in Swedish waters. Presumably the Ulven struck a mine...
...blunt Swedish note last week rejected the German explanation of the Draken incident, added another protest on the finding of the mines. Said the note: "Swedish warships have been ordered to intervene against ships of warring powers laying mines or firing at other vessels in Swedish territorial waters...