It held Norwegian officers arrested in 1942 and 1943.

The fort is still a military area, but is today only used as an administration building for the Norwegian naval officers training school.

Some 20 Norwegian officers lost their lives as a result of their service in the Congo.

Later in the day a Norwegian officer approached Schmidt asking for his surrender, but was rejected.

The Norwegian senior officers, most of whom have been at sea since age 15, are beguilingly mad-looking.

Earlier this morning, he met with British and Norwegian officers.

He studied there for a year before being enrolled in the Norwegian officers' training school.

Norwegian officers were coerced into carrying through the executions.

The classes have a tradition of taking names from Norwegian officers, inspiring the cadets to follow in their paths.

He later returned to Norway and painted Norwegian naval officers.