Iceland invasion of 1940

>>2536207
>Also, why is this historical event invariably ignored whereas German occupation of neutral countries is scorned all the time?

Probably because the Brits treated the natives with respect and didn't genocide them.

>>2536220
Cucked them something shocking though.

>>2536207
>Why did the Anglo decide to "flagrantly violate" the neutrality of this insignificant nation?

The single biggest artery of the convoy lines to Britain went along the U.S. east coast over the northern reaches of the Atlantic to places like Liverpool. They were shipping all sorts of stuff, oil, (mostly from venezuela), metals, grain, you name it. They were worried about u-boat and even occasional surface attacks on these ships, and wanted to cover as much of it as possible with as heavy defenses as they could muster.

Part of that includes defense from the sky; naval bombers are a hell of a lot better at killing ships than ships are at wiping out naval bomber formations, and even if your planes can't sink the raiders, just spotting them gives you a chance to organize better point defenses or maneuver nearby convoys out of the way. The problem with air cover, though, is that planes can't stay in the air forever, especially WW2 era planes, and you can only project airpower so far away from your airbases on land. The middle of that atlantic route was where the bulk of the convoy losses occurred.

Iceland is an island in the middle of the northern atlantic. You can base airplanes there to watch for u-boats; that's why it was strategically valuable.

>Also, why is this historical event invariably ignored whereas German occupation of neutral countries is scorned all the time?

Because the Germans rounded up people and sent them to concentration camps. The Brits, not so much. Doubly so in this case, where the invasion of Iceland happened after Germany attacked a neutral Denmark, who was still technically the Iclandics colonial overlord.

>>2536253
Sooo, Iceland had strategic value for the Anglo and therefore had to comply with the wishes of the British Empire. I still do not see anything that resembles a valid and legitimate casus belli. The picture is more that they ot Belgium-ed.

>>2537419
>casus belli

No really required unless you attack. Did the Brits attack Iceland?

>>2537436
Umm yes

>>2537436
Yes.

>>2536220
>Probably because the Brits treated the natives with respect and didn't genocide them
Spotted the Anglo.

>>2536207
>It´s another thinly veiled /pol/ thread

Sage and report boys

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>>2536220
>the germans genocided the dutch, french, danes, norweigans, poles, lithuanians, latvians, estonians, italians, tunisians etc

>>2537793
Its an honest question. Give me some reasons to perceive this Anglo sneak attack as anything other than a major dickmove.