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I think there is being unaware the British were coming, and being "unaware". It was pretty inevitable they would be invaded due to the strategic position
by fiftyacorn 5y ago
I think there is being unaware the British were coming, and being "unaware". It was pretty inevitable they would be invaded due to the strategic position
- soneil 5y agoI did ask an Icelander about this. We were on one of those walking tours, and the topic came up - and I have to admit I was almost entirely unaware of this. (As a brit who travels, the topic is a familiar unfamiliarity, if that makes sense.) I was aware of the famous greenland-iceland-uk "gap", but less aware that they were technically unwilling participants. His take on it was that they knew fine well they were going to be invaded by someone, due to their position. This GIUK gap was very strategic in creating a border between the North Sea (which Germany has a coast on) and the Atlantic (which they didn't until Vichy France). So while we weren't invited, we weren't unexpected, and being invaded by the brits was seen as a least-worst option.