Kammala wannan jumlar: Iceland ta kasance ƙasa mai 'yanci a farkon yaƙin a cikin haɗin kai tare da Sarkin Denmark yana aiki a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. Bayan da
Bayan mamayewar Jamus ta Denmark (1940), Iceland ta rasa duk wata hulɗa da Sarki. Sojojin Burtaniya sun mamaye Iceland a ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1940, don tabbatar da sansanonin kansu da kuma hana Jamus wannan zaɓi. Ƙananan sojoji sun kasance a wurin, amma sun yi biyayya da umarnin kada su yi tsayayya da Birtaniya. 'Yan Birtaniya sun kama wasu' yan Jamus, ciki har da jakadan Jamus, Werner Gerlach, kuma sun kama rediyo da sabis na tarho.