Talk:Iceland in World War II

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Editors to this page should take a look at relavant history here: http://history.state.gov/countries/iceland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.3.33.68 (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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Hermannsson (e. soldier's son)
"many of whom bore the patronymic Hansson (hans translates as "his" in Icelandic), which was used because the father was unknown or had left the country". I hadn't heard this. I however have heard "Hermannson" and checked in case it might be a myth. Note "Hermannsson" is not an uncommon last name in Iceland, even many former ministers had that name including former Prime Minister Steingrímur Hermannsson (not for this reason), and I assume none of the ministers sons of soldiers.. I could only find a reference saying "Hermannsson" (and "Hansson") common on a blog. comp.arch (talk) 10:16, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

The question of US authority (/lack of)
A very important aspect of this article that could be covered is the question of authority that President Roosevelt acted under in this quite obviously non-neutral act. Imagine instead, that he wanted to relieve Nazi forces that were occupying the Sudetenland. At what point does Congress, or the American people, stand up to tell Roosevelt that he's overstepped his bounds? This is a huge can of worms that is being glossed over. Imagine if the US sent occupying troops there without the British doing this first. It would be much more obvious that Roosevelt's actions were an act of war.

The items that belong in this article are the specific steps that happened in the US for the occupation to happen. And another excellent angle to add would be facts about the American people's reaction to this, as well as within the League of Nations and elsewhere around the world.

The official state.gov webpage listed at the top of this page goes so far as to cite the Monroe Doctrine. Iceland has absolutely no extent of land in the Americas. This is so grand a stretch that the country of Iceland is not mentioned a single time in the Wikipedia article on the Monroe Doctrine. It is amazing to see official stories that make no sense, yet no one questions them.

Here is the exact quote: "In July and December of that year [1940] Icelandic officials asked the United States to place Iceland under U.S. protection in accordance with the Monroe Doctrine to forestall a feared German invasion of the island." That statement looks bogus to me.--Lexi sioz (talk) 05:58, 9 September 2015 (UTC)


 * You seem to be discussing state.gov, not what is in this WP page. This is the first time I hear about the Monroe Doctrine. Whether it was the justification or not, the US certainly where in Iceland, and just recently stopped having a military base/supporting the international airport. Maybe I should know about this Doctrine, if that is the reason/justification, the US came to Iceland. If it is not (a WP:RS), you can just leave it out (as it stands now), or add it, if it was the justification (it might have been unlawful, but still true?). comp.arch (talk) 10:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

New Editor
Hello everyone, I am planning on making some edits to this article. I would like to add some additional citations and expand the section on life in occupied Iceland. I have compiled some new sources and am also looking at the sources already in the bibliography. Emmyminer (talk) 17:38, 22 February 2019 (UTC)