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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528775, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Iceland WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>During the <span style="color: #0645ad">German</span> <span style="color: #0645ad">occupation of Denmark</span>, contact between the countries was disrupted. Initially, the <span style="color: #0645ad">Kingdom of Iceland</span> declared itself to be neutral<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_country" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_country" rel="nofollow"></a>, and limited visits of belligerent warships and imposed a ban on belligerent aircraft within Icelandic territory. Following the invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940 Iceland opened a legation in New York City. On 7 July 1941, the defence of Iceland was transferred from Britain to the (still officially neutral) United States<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow"></a>. Iceland cooperated with the British and then the Americans, but officially remained neutral throughout World War II. On 17 June 1944, <span style="color: #0645ad">Iceland dissolved its union with Denmark and the Danish monarchy</span> and declared itself a republic<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201221.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Iceland - 10 Aurar - 1942 - KM #1a</p><p>[ATTACH]200969.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200970.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iceland - 25 Aurar - 1942 - KM #2a</p><p>[ATTACH]200971.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200972.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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