Allied occupation of Iceland

Occupation of Iceland
	Part of World War II
	; Occupation of Iceland, July 1941: Seen from the quarterdeck of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New York, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Ships steam out of Reykjavik harbour, Iceland at the time of the initial U.S. occupation in early July 1941.
Date	10 May 1940 – 16 June 1941 (UK & Canada); 16 June 1941 – 1945 (US);
Location	Iceland
Result	British, then American occupation for the duration of the war; Icelandic cooperation with Allied war effort;
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Canada; United States;	Kingdom of Iceland (until 1944); Republic of Iceland (from 1944);
Commanders and leaders
George Lammie; Lionel Frank Page; John Marston;	Hermann Jónasson; Einar Arnalds;
Strength
	22,000 British Army; 2,659 Canadian Army; 3,908 U.S. Marines; 25 U.S. Navy ships; 40,000 U.S. Army;

The Occupation of Iceland during World War II began with a British invasion in order to occupy the island and deny it to Germany. The military operation, codenamed Operation Fork, was conducted by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The British forces were later replaced by Canadian and then American forces, even though the United States was not yet in the war.