. . "None" . "1940-04-09Z"^^ . . "(150 soldiers)" . . . "The Capture of Egersund took place on 9 April 1940, and saw German soldiers of a bicycle squadron land at the Norwegian port town of Egersund, as part of the German invasion of Norway during the Second World War. The Germans seized the town without armed resistance, capturing the small Norwegian army and navy force there and achieving their main objective of cutting the undersea telegraph cable between Norway and the United Kingdom."@en . . . "1 squadron of bicycle troops of the69th Infantry Division" . "1 torpedo boat (17 crew)" . "36 Jeger troops" . "German victory" . "(only two vessels took part in the capture)" . . "Capture of Egersund"@en . "4M classminesweepers (328 crew)" .