British Occupation
Who knew that the Brits invaded and occupied poor Iceland in WW II? I didn't until I coincidentally came across this dilapidated jetty in Hvalfjördur.
Further research turned out that the jetty was part of a maintenance base for British ships and that the UK preemptively occupied Iceland to hinder Nazi Germany from doing so. Nobody was killed in this invasion and in hindsight, Germany had forfeited any plans to do so.
British Occupation
Who knew that the Brits invaded and occupied poor Iceland in WW II? I didn't until I coincidentally came across this dilapidated jetty in Hvalfjördur.
Further research turned out that the jetty was part of a maintenance base for British ships and that the UK preemptively occupied Iceland to hinder Nazi Germany from doing so. Nobody was killed in this invasion and in hindsight, Germany had forfeited any plans to do so.