Allied occupation of Iceland
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The Occupation of Iceland during World War II began with a British invasion in order to occupy the island and deny it to Germany. The military operation, codenamed Operation Fork, was conducted by the
Seen from the quarterdeck of the U.S. Navy battleship New York, U.S. Atlantic Fleet ships steam out of Reykjavík harbour at the time of the initial U.S. occupation of Iceland in early July 1941.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects a Royal Navy detachment at Reykjavik, August 1941
HMCS Skeena c.1941–43
Allied convoy near Iceland, 1942
Operation Weserübung
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In the early morning of 9 April 1940, German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned Anglo-French occupation of Norway known as Plan R 4, whi
Allied occupation of Iceland
…reaffirmed its neutrality. The German diplomatic presence in Iceland, along with the island's strategic importance, alarmed the British. On 9 April 1940, Germany overran Denmark, Iceland's former mother country, whose king was still the Icelandic head of state. After failing to persuade the Icelandic government to join the…
German forces climbing a very step road just south of Bagn
Oscarsborg Fortress under air attack, 9 April, 1940
Norwegian Army 7.5 cm field gun
Dansk stilling i den sydlige udkant af Åbenrå