the Arctic, 10 May 1940: Invasion of Iceland
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Political map of the Arctic & the Far North on 10 May 1940 (World War II in the Arctic: Invasion of Iceland), showing the following events: Occupation of the Faroe Islands; Battles of Narvik; Self-rule in Greenland; Blitzkrieg in the West; Invasion of Iceland.

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Pan-American
Security Zone

12–13 Apr 1940British occupy
Faroe Is.

13 Apr–8 Jun 1940Allies contest German
control of northern Norway

5 May 1940Greenland asserts
full control over
its own affairs

10–23 May 1940Germany invades
Netherlands & Belgium

10 May 1940British occupy
Iceland

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