Episode 377-Iceland: A Peaceful Invasion

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this one off episode, Iceland and Greenland’s participation in the war is covered. Denmark leads these two islands to the north, but when Nazi Germany occupies Denmark, the islands are on their own. Churchill, as the First Lord of the Admiralty decides that these two islands must come under British control. But it will take American and Canadian help to pull it off, for once Hitler finds out about any talks, Berlin will react as they did in Norway, with their own invasion force. At the end is a recording of FDR and listen how he leads the American people into believing, it's only a matter of time before the US has to fight, because the Nazis are set on world domination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.
0:14.0	Episode 377.
0:16.3	Iceland.
0:17.4	A peaceful invasion.
0:20.1	Despite what flat earthers think, the world is a globe, a sphere, and this is important
0:26.5	when it comes to sailing between two points that are far away from each other.
0:31.9	Before the US came into the war, it was supplying Britain with all kinds of foods and material,
0:37.6	and this was transported to Scotland, far away from the actual shooting.
0:42.8	What's more, when the Soviet Union enters the war, the convoy will find themselves having
0:47.6	to travel to Mamask in northern Russia.
0:50.7	My sailing passed Norway, and the paths or routes these ships took had them sailing close
0:57.3	to Iceland.
0:58.4	So close, London began to worry would Iceland become a target of the access?
1:05.6	At the time, Iceland had a personal union with Denmark, that is, they shared the same monarch,
1:11.1	but Iceland had been independent since 1918.
1:14.4	However, the all-thane, Iceland's parliament did ask Denmark to carry out on its behalf
1:20.8	many defensive and foreign affairs issues.
1:24.4	But that agreement would be shattered when Nazi Germany invaded Denmark on April 9, 1940.
1:31.6	And as the latter had no real army ready to go, the occupation was over quickly.
1:37.8	Before this, Denmark, its possessions, and Iceland had declared their neutrality, but
1:43.6	at the time would show no one was going to be allowed to sit this one out, except Switzerland,
1:50.2	and that was a fluke.
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