The British invasion of Iceland (codenamed Operation Fork) by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Marines occurred on 10 May 1940, during World...

plenipotentiary for Icelandic affairs based in Reykjavík, and – after the German invasion of Denmark in 1940 – a regent was appointed. Because of the Kalmar Union...

The Occupation of Iceland during World War II began with a British invasion intent on occupying and denying Iceland to Germany. The military operation...

limited visits of belligerent warships and imposed a ban on belligerent aircraft within Icelandic territory. Following the invasion of Denmark on 9 April...

Iceland's defence forces consist of the Icelandic Coast Guard, which patrols Icelandic waters and monitors its airspace, and other services such as the...

The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day...

Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...

The settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when...

between Iceland and the United Kingdom. Defence of Iceland Iceland in World War II (invasion) List of countries without armed forces Military history of Iceland...

German invasion of the island. The German plan was not realized due to the perceived risk of the operation, as even though an invasion of Iceland was considered...