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I'm a foreigner living in Iceland now for five years. Everyone here I've spoken to about it takes the "Blessed War" position. The investments and infrastructure constructed in Iceland by the allies during WW2 and the Cold War afterwards catapulted the island from a Danish fishing outpost to an actual country with some of the highest metrics for HDI and GDP in the world.
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Two things to note: The entire island was very aware the occupation force was inbound, because they had sent up a plane to scout for them, which could be heard over the whole capital city and which was the only plane within a thousand km at the time.
Second is that the brits used absolute raw recruits for the invasion, and the single altercation of the invasion occurred when an islandic cop grabbed a gun from a British soldier, flicked the safety back on, and handed it back, before chewing him out on the importance of watching where he pointed the gun.
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My best friend was eventually born out of this occupation, their grandfather was one of the Americans who were stationed there
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Speaking of sovereignty, the occupation led Iceland to declare independence from Denmark.
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Before WW2 Iceland was an afterthought in terms of Europe. It was one of the poorest because it had nothing and traded very little. After WW2, the Marshall plan helped Iceland disproportionately receive more aid per capita from the US than anyone else. One of the reasons they are so prosperous today
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The United States had a naval air station in Iceland after 1947.
My fatherâs friend was stationed there in the 1980âs
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Europe: Could you AT LEAST watch Iceland for us?
U.S.: Okaaaaaaaaaaay!
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What do you do if you're lost in an Icelandic forest?
Stand up.
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In context people need to note that 9th April 1940 Denmark the owner of Iceland was already occupied by Germany. By taking the island the British got to neutralise Iceland falling too.
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Another piece of WWII history I neve knew till now in spite of all my reading and study.
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The occupation led to independence as well
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My grandfather was stationed on Iceland for over a year starting in February 1942.
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My dad was with the US 5th Division âŚď¸. He was sent there in September 1941. I think America was neutral in name only by this time. We seemed to already be helping the British a lot. My dad didnât have much to say about Iceland. In 1941 there really wasnât much there. He did get to see the northern lights while on guard duty. He remembered they were playing cards when the news broke over the radio about Pearl Harbor.
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As it became more of an issue during occupation, Icelanders had a term for American and British troops stationed in the nation who were sleeping with Icelandic women: ĂstandiĂ° (âThe Situationâ).
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Pretty interesting that Iceland got its 1st rabbi a few years ago and a week later the movement for open borders for Iceland began
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It happened about a month after the Nazis invaded neutral Denmark & Norway, which showed they didnât care whether you were neutral or not.
The British asked for basing rights on the island knowing Iceland had essentially no way to defend itself if the Germans came to take it. Iceland said no fearing retaliation, so the British saw the situation as take Iceland under âoccupationâ or seeing it legitimately occupied by Nazi Germany and potentially lose the connection with North America.
Fairly logical choice. They also allowed the Icelandic government to continue its governance for the entirety of the conflict and left after the war was over, which shows a major difference between the British & Germans: Conquest vs regional security.
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I was in iceland 81 to 82. Best year of my life. I loved iceland.
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I was unaware Canadians were stationed in Iceland, very interesting!
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My father was in the 5th Division which was stationed there. He told me that the Icelanders tended to avoid Americans. They were pro Germany but not pro Hitler. When war was declared the 5th division was attached to Patton's 3rd Army.
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@icelandviking1961
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Stationed there in 2005 when the US left the island. The people of Iceland are the nicest people I have ever met.
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