Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Iceland is the last uninhabited large island in the world except New Zealand. Around the end of the 8th century, Irish monks first immigrated to Iceland. In the second half of the 9th century, Norway began to immigrate to Iceland. Later, Iceland was controlled by Norway, Denmark and other countries for a long time.

In 1918, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland (the king is also the King of Denmark) as a sovereign state affiliated with the Kingdom of Denmark. Iceland gained independence and sovereignty similar to that of a protectorate in domestic affairs, but foreign affairs were still controlled by Denmark.

When the news of Denmark's demise reached Iceland, the Icelanders simply cheered and rejoiced. They quickly announced that they would break away from Danish control, exercise sovereignty independently, and remain neutral.

But Iceland's independence only lasted a few days. These idiots never thought that Denmark had also declared neutrality before, so was it still captured by Germany?

However, it was not Germany that destroyed Iceland, but Britain.

As for why?

Iceland is located in the great triangle of Greenland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in North America. Its geostrategic value alone is priceless. In addition, if Germany occupied Iceland, it could protect Norway under German occupation from the flanks and create better conditions for attacking the British mainland.

In view of this, Britain took the initiative to show goodwill to Iceland. British diplomats suggested that Britain and Iceland sign an alliance treaty and allow Britain to station troops in Iceland. However, these suggestions were rejected by the Icelandic government, which repeatedly emphasized that they would adhere to neutrality and would not fall to any party.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of the British government. Churchill believed that the agreement written in black and white would not work, not to mention that the words of two people were even more unreliable. Iceland should be taken as quickly as possible. If you are slower, Germany may take the lead.

Therefore, the British decided to carry out the so-called "Operation Harpoon" against Iceland.

Why is it called Operation Harpoon? It's very simple. Spot a fat fish on the water, dive in with a fork, and grab the fish cleanly.

At this time, Iceland had a population of only a few hundred thousand, and it did not even have a decent army. There were only 70 people in the national police force.

But the British still did not dare to take it lightly and sent a large army to expedition to Iceland.

How "big" is it?

There are 746 soldiers, and the 2nd Battalion of the Marine Corps serves as the British expeditionary force. The commander-in-chief is Navy Colonel Stengers. Two destroyers, HMS Dauntless and HMS Luck, escorted two cruisers, HMS Glasgow and HMS Beve, heading towards Iceland in a "mighty" manner.

After learning this news, the Icelanders were furious. The country was going to perish just a few days after independence?

The Icelandic government asked the British diplomatic representative in Iceland what exactly you want to do. The British representative told Iceland about Britain's concerns and said that for the sake of Britain's interests, he hoped that Iceland would cooperate. The Icelandic government scolded the UK for bullying small countries and said we are a neutral country. The UK is still saying the same thing: For the interests of the UK, you must accept reality.

Objectively speaking, Britain has no intention of harming Iceland. It is just to prevent Germany from seizing Iceland and harming Britain. In other words, the United Kingdom only allowed Iceland to play a role as a "subjugated slave". It made it very clear: when the war is over, the British troops will get out of Iceland immediately.

In June 1940, France was defeated by Germany, which made British Prime Minister Churchill even more worried about Iceland, fearing that Germany would quickly attack Iceland and then launch a massive attack on Britain. So they continued to send troops to Iceland, and successively sent nearly 50,000 troops to Iceland. In 1941, the United States also sent more than 40,000 troops to garrison Iceland. According to statistics, the number of British and American troops stationed in Iceland exceeds the total number of men in Iceland!

The British did evacuate Iceland after the war, but the British troops left, but the US troops stayed and did not withdraw until 2006.

However, Iceland's independence also depends on the United States. In 1944, after the Allied forces landed in Normandy, the overall situation of World War II was decided, and it was time for the victorious countries to carve up their interests in advance. If the situation before the war was followed, Iceland should return to being a protectorate of Denmark, with domestic affairs controlled by Denmark and foreign affairs controlled by Denmark.

However, the US military had a huge military base in Iceland and was unwilling to give it to Denmark. From the perspective of the US military, the victory was won by me, and it is impossible for me to make a wedding dress for you in Denmark. Therefore, the United States made Iceland completely independent, but also left Greenland and the Faroe Islands to Denmark. Although Denmark was dissatisfied, it had nothing to do.

In fact, Yannick is not too worried about the British and American occupation of Iceland. You must know that Iceland was formed by the solidification of magma spouting from the gaps caused by the drift of the continental plates. The country's glacier area covers about 8,000 square kilometers. Almost the entire country is on volcanic rocks, and most of the land cannot be cultivated. It is called the "Land of Ice and Fire". There are more than 200 volcanoes in Iceland, including about 30 active volcanoes. The activities are quite frequent, with an average volcanic eruption every five years.

What will happen when the British and American troops move in and he sends bombers to bomb the active volcanoes in Iceland, or simply hits a Grand Slam into the center of Iceland?

That scene is simply too beautiful to imagine!?

However, Yannick did not want the British to succeed so easily. Just when the British "Expeditionary Force" sailed to a place where Iceland could be seen, the Dreadnought destroyer at the front suddenly had a big explosion. The violent explosion even raised a mushroom cloud - - This is obviously an explosion in the ammunition depot (the explosion of a large amount of explosives may form a mushroom cloud, which is not exclusive to nuclear explosions). The entire warship disappeared on the sea in a moment.

Before the remaining destroyer Luck and the cruisers Glasgow and Beway had time to react, the sailors on the watchtowers of the three battleships rushed to sound the shrill alarm.

"God!! It's a torpedo, it's a torpedo!!"

"Torpedoes! Torpedoes! They're on the port side!!"

"Torpedo found on starboard!"

Captain Stengers, the commander-in-chief of the "Expeditionary Force", stood in the cab of the cruiser USS Bayway, looking at the torpedoes attacking from all directions, and could only cry out to God in despair.

Of course, God had no time to pay attention to him. In the sound of explosions one after another, the Luck, the Glasgow, and the Beway sank to the bottom of the sea one after another. Fortunately, only a few British sailors were left floating on the sea.

Subsequently, the Icelandic government received a joint statement from Denmark and Germany, not recognizing Iceland's independence. If Iceland insists on going its own way, it will declare war.

The Icelandic government was so depressed that it almost vomited blood. It realized firsthand that without strength it was nothing, and simply announced that Iceland was undefended and you could do whatever you like.

Germany sent a transport fleet to Iceland, and Britain, after receiving the news, even sent a fleet that was finally put together to capture Iceland. It's just that the British didn't know that the transport team and Iceland were just bait for the Germans.

Late at night, the German High Seas Fleet quietly sailed out of the port in the dark and entered the Norwegian Sea.