the Arctic, 10 May 1940: Invasion of Iceland
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Political map of the Arctic & the Far North on 10 May 1940 (World War II in the Arctic: Invasion of Iceland), showing the following events: Occupation of the Faroe Islands; Battles of Narvik; Self-rule in Greenland; Blitzkrieg in the West; Invasion of Iceland.

C a n a d a(Br. dom.)

S o v i e t U n i o n

Territory
of Alaska(US terr.)

Greenland(de facto)

N o r t h w e s t

T e r r i t o r i e s(Can. terr.)

Yukon
Territory(Can. terr.)

British
Columbia

Newfoundland(Br. adm.)

Iceland(Br. occ.)

Norway(Ger. occ.)

Kuril
Islands(Jap.)

Aleutian
Islands(US)

Severnaya
Zemlya

Svalbard(Norw. pres.)

New
Siberian
Is.

Franz
Josef Land(Sov.)

Jan Mayen(Norw. adm.)

Bear(Norw. adm.)

Faroe Is.(Br. occ.)

Avg max
ice cover
Feb/Mar

Avg max
ice cover
Aug/Sep

Pan-American
Security Zone

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