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TIL about HNoMS Pol III. With 1 cannon and 2 machine guns, this Norwegian PT boat attacked a Nazi invasion force made of 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 3 torpedo boats, and 8 minesweepers, rammed one of the torpedo boats, and launched flares to alert coastal defenses to the incoming invasion.

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