„To ‚protect’ Iceland“: Die britische Okkupation Islands im Zweiten Weltkrieg

During World War II Iceland was one of the few nations occupied by Western allied forces. On May the 10th 1940 British Royal Marines landed in Reykjavík to present a fait accompli to the Icelandic government, which had turned down earlier British requests for cooperation and thus provision of naval...

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Main Author: Michael Penk
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2008-01-01
Series:NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien
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Online Access:http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2008-1/penk-michael-29/PDF/penk.pdf