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SFC William Farrell
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Thanks SFC (Join to see) . I didnt know about this.
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SFC Caretaker
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I read hear and their about it in old world text book encyclopedias that my grandparents had. Needless to say I was being polished and educated by my grandmother while my mom was at work. Can't say I really obsorbed everything, more or less just pretended to read lol... but I do remember some things. And there was a few mentions of the wars over Iceland.
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LTC Trent Klug
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Marines were there from 1941 to 1942 to prevent the Germans from being able to operate unabated against the convoys from the US.
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LTC Trent Klug
LTC Trent Klug
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SFC (Join to see) - I know Churchill thought so. Its smackdab in the Northern sailing routes.
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LTC Trent Klug - true. It would probably also be a prime space for refueling air crafts if needed.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
PO3 Donald Murphy
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And of course the Greenland-Iceland-UK ("GIUK") gap was prime submarine warfare territory during the Cold War.
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LTC Trent Klug
LTC Trent Klug
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PO3 Donald Murphy - Which no one knew about because the 'Silent Service' didn't talk about it. ;-)
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