Iceland
Reykjavík
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- …1939Iceland
- simplified version (without arms)
Course of events
- 23 August 1939
Neutral / non-belligerent
Kingdom in personal union with Denmark; neutral.
- 10 May 1940
Under Allied occupation
Occupied by British forces (from July 1941 US forces). Iceland formally remained neutral; republic proclaimed June 1944.
Events involving this country
- 10 May 1940British occupation of Iceland
Data completeness: borders c. 1938, status at country level; occupation zones, annexations and front lines as approximate snapshots. Units and offensives: selected, incomplete sets; archive: only items with a confirmed licence, still being added.