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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 588064" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Iceland occupies a highly strategic position along the North Atlantic shipping lanes. During WW2 the Germans would have invaded Iceland but we got there first; use of the islands airstrips allowed us to maintain air superiority over the sea approaches to the UK and keep the German U-boats at bay. Icelnd was also a vital outpost during the Cold War.</p><p> </p><p>We never "invaded" Iceland; we were there with the permission of its monarch at the time, the King of Denmark. We merely secured it. After WW2, Iceland became independent and joined NATO, so our military presence on their island was agreed to by treaty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 588064, member: 14668"] Iceland occupies a highly strategic position along the North Atlantic shipping lanes. During WW2 the Germans would have invaded Iceland but we got there first; use of the islands airstrips allowed us to maintain air superiority over the sea approaches to the UK and keep the German U-boats at bay. Icelnd was also a vital outpost during the Cold War. We never "invaded" Iceland; we were there with the permission of its monarch at the time, the King of Denmark. We merely secured it. After WW2, Iceland became independent and joined NATO, so our military presence on their island was agreed to by treaty. [/QUOTE]
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