Capture of Egersund

Quand

9 avr. 1940

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

58.45° N, 6.01° E

War

World War II

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The Capture of Egersund occurred 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 U…

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