Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan mamayewar Jamus a Denmark
a watan Afrilu na 1940, Iceland, sannan a cikin haɗin kai na mutum tare da Denmark, ya ba da sanarwar tsaka tsaki a duk sauran yakin. Yankin Iceland yana da mahimmancin mahimmanci ga Birtaniyyawan da suka yanke shawarar sanya sojojin ruwa a wani sansanin sojan ruwa da ake kira HMS Baldur a Hvitanes bayan mamayewar Iceland a watan Mayu 1940. Bugu da ƙari kuma ya kafa asusun ajiyar kuɗi da kuma masauki a bakin teku da ake kira HMS Baldur II. Iceland ya kasance muhimmin tushe ne ga rundunonin Arewacin Atlantic, sintiri da ayyukan anti-submarine.