Iceland vs Britain: The Cod Wars

The Cod Wars were a series of naval confrontations between Iceland and the United Kingdom. There were a whopping three of them and they definitely rank up there as some of the weirdest wars in history. Let's take a closer look.
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5:47 Reykjavik *THE FALKLAND ISLANDS IS FINALLY MINE MUAHAHAHA*

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I know this isn’t it but 5:09 “bois.”

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2021 AD: Icelands declares altantic ocean as its waters

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At least they'll still be in NATO

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Lol

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Trump: * deploys SpaceForce above Iceland *

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Rightful Iceland clay

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that would be interesting to see a country use six ships to defend the entire ocean

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That about sums it up. :)

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In America most people don't know about us putting nukes in Turkey

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I know! People just kinda think that the USSR put nukes in Cuba just because the wanted to.

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Yoyle 0340 I’m Turkish and I approve there is nukes and missiles in turkey

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Whats funny about that is the missiles in turkey were out of date and probably wouldnt even work as well as the ussr missles in cuba but for the most part the crisis was stupid any ways. ( american btw so somepeople do know)

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How to get everything you want: Threatened to leave NATO in cold war

[@GMovieSeeker]

Never underestimate the power of manipulative diplomacy. When you are a small country, moving your allegiance back and forth between bigger empires can help you keep your independence and get away with stuff you otherwise couldn't get away with, at least for a while.

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I'm surprised America didn't try to replace Iceland's government with a puppet regime.

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Trump: u.s.a. threatens to leave Nato Nato members: what do you want? Trump: I want you to join America Nato:? Trump: Okay you surrender

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

@@christianweibrecht6555 Interesting, since the USA did that quite a fair bit during the Cold War, especially in Latin America. It's possible that Iceland was viewed as a more important nation due to it being a NATO member state in Europe on the fringes of North America.

[@sirlinkthefourth6755]

@@christianweibrecht6555 well that's because 1. America is not a fan of that sort of stuff and 2. we were threatening to leave nato and join the Russians meaning, well you know. fucking touch me and im starting ww3 and all that good stuff

[@jakethegreatestofalltime]

UK: *Declares Third Cod War* Iceland: How many time do we have to teach you this lesson Old man?

[@Archris17]

You say that like the UK lost to Iceland, rather than to the political pressure of the USA and USSR. We should have just colonised them, let America keep their stupid base and been done with it.

[@jakethegreatestofalltime]

LoZ Collector Yes. I am aware of that. I just like to leave jokes in the comments. It’s how I am

[@Tumi1990]

@@Archris17 I wonder where the UK picked up that tactic. Maybe I should try asking in Jórvík?

[@olafurakikristinsson2209]

LoZ Collector when has anyone ever played fairly in a war if i may ask and yes you DID lose since iceland has now 200 seamiles

[@vinz4066]

UK actulay has some extra privileges in this zone so they dont realy lost

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This would make a great Sabaton song.

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Swedish Metal, fish and violence. My favorite combo.

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Hahaha I can already imagine Joakim Broden: "Brittania rule the waves! But we, we rule the fish! We rule the fish! The fish are ours!"

[@thurbine2411]

Mike Qwerty the war was fought to rule the fish and lead the ice marine.

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4 men and 40 tones of steal... set the course for the north Atlantic with the fish on on the heal...

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Soviets when snow starts speakin' Finnish: 😦 Americans when trees start speakin' Vietnamese: 😨😨 British when ocean waters start speakin' Icelandic: 😱😱

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Britains when they see the Icelandic ship full of trolls 😵

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@G F0X Australians when wheat fields start speakin' EMU: 😬😰

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Use a pc, inferiores.

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Germans when the snow starts speaking Russian:😰😨

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6 Patrols boats vs 48 british warships Result : Iceland wins Wilhelm II Hohenzollern: is it possible to learn this power ?

[@rvoight92]

I can see how the conversation in Reykjavik went: Government official 1: How do we beat the Britain? Government official 2: Threaten to withdraw from NATO? Government official 3: If it ain't broke...

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When the british approach We threaten to withdraw from nato. Sir, youre a genius

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So to win a war all you have to do is allow the americans to use a piece of your land to place a base there. Step 2 join nato. Step 3 threaten anyone that thteatens you by saying you will leave nato and tell the americans to leave. Step 4 americans dont want to leave thus pushing the enemy of that country to back down! Genious!

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**plays bagpipe music over protests** Aha, Banter.

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British strategy. Play bagpipes or Rule Britannia over your enemies so you can’t hear them.

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I wonder if this is also why Barnier at times felt like he was going to mentally break down.

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Ég líka

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Everyone gangsta till iceland claims every ocean in the world

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Trolls are more effective than nukes

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Iceland: “get off my lawn” Britain: “no” Iceland: “I now declare my lawn to be the entire neighborhood now get out”

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I always wondered why Scarborough only had, like, 3 trawlers instead of a full fishing fleet... I'm from there. that's why...

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[@Archris17]

Yup. Blame Icealand and the EU for completely destroying Britain's fishing industry, over-fishing the waters we gave up and putting hundreds out of work.

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LoZ Collector Britain’s territorial wasters are unfair anyways, you claim an uninhabited rock in the ocean and claim the 20 mile radius around it.

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Scrotum Deleter claiming massive amounts of ocean from small pieces of land? *China has entered the chat*

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Yeah, it also decimated Hull

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*Breaking News* Iceland expands their waters by 69000 kilometers

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Ok jeb

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You missed the opportunity to make to 69,420 kilometers.

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As a fellow icelander thank you for making a video about this. Icelandic history is rarely talked about! Have a like and a subscribe!

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"the cod wars" The only good call of duty game

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To Valhalla ( suicide bombs)

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...............CALL OF DUTY.................. COD WARFARE

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2:10 "eKkI GeRA þAð!"

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Hopefully I didn’t butcher the pronunciation.

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Loved this! You earned yourself a sub from Iceland brother.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Wow! Thanks so much! I’ve always thought that Icelandic history was super unique and cool, so I might even make some more videos about it in the future. :)

[@karenrobertsdottir4101]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Icelandic history in a nutshell: Icelanders: "F' off, Norway - you're not the boss of us! We're starting our own country. With sheep, and trees, and.... okay, maybe not trees anymore, but sheep!" (hundreds of years and some Christianity later) Icelanders: "NORWAY, come back and stop us from killing each other!!!" (one Kalmar Union later): Denmark: "Thanks, Norway, I'll rule your remote territories with care and love." (one Napoleonic war later) Denmark: "IF I CAN'T HAVE NORWAY, ALL MY OTHER TERRITORIES WILL BE MADE TO FEEL MY PAIN!" (After some mellowing out time) Denmark: "Okay, I get it, you're upset and want independence. Let's make a deal... you get some self-rule, and we'll revisit this whole silly 'independence' thing in half a century, mmkay?" (Half a century later, and in the middle of World War II) Icelanders: "Dear Denmark - since you're so busy being occupied by the Nazis, we're just going to see ourselves out...."

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@@HistoryHouseProductions A fun little loop of history: Laki had was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions of modern times, unzipping a fissure dozens of kilometers long with lava fountains reaching over a kilometer high, and ongoing for much of a year, emitting over 120 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide (6x Pinatubo, generally considered a high-SO2 event) and an even more abnormal amount of hydrogen fluoride. It killed most of the Island's livestock, a quarter of the population, and Denmark even considered evacuating the island. The gases, however, reached far afield - so intense that people suffered from direct inhalation effects in the UK. The weather, however, was most profoundly effected. The Mississippi River froze at New Orleans and ice was seen in the Gulf of Mexico. A huge famine spread in Egypt killed millions, one sixth of the country's population. Crop failures were common in Europe as well. In France, this was a major contributing factor to the French Revolution. The French Revolution was ultimately responsible for the conditions that led to Napoleon's rise to power. The Napoleonic Wars led to the breaking up of the remainder of the Kalmar Union, and afterwards, Denmark clamping down on its remote territories, including Iceland. The ensuing backlash drove the Icelandic independence movement, which ultimately achieved success. In short, an Icelandic volcano indirectly led to Iceland's independence. :)

[@karenrobertsdottir4101]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Another one you might want to do is the British invasion / occupation / subsequent American occupation during World War II. World War II actually worked out really nice for people here, particularly under the Americans. But the British invasion was such a huge bungling mess it's almost funny. The British were concerned that the Nazis planned to seize Iceland and use it as a naval stronghold. Germany had considered doing this, but had already decided it wasn't worth the effort at that time. The British started planning an invasion of Iceland to prevent the not-going-to-happen threat. The plan leaked - but the Nazis didn't care. The British sent a bunch of people who'd never been on ships before. Seasickness was rampant and one soldier was so miserable that he killed himself. When they arrived, they wanted to make sure there were no ships in the harbour, so they had a plane take to the air. The pilot mistakenly flew right over Reykjavík. Given that there were no airplanes in the country at the time, this immediately alerted everyone - including the German embassy - that a likely invasion was about to occur. The British took so long getting ashore that by the time they got there, a huge crowd of curious Icelanders was gathered around. The British had to *enlist the help of the Icelandic police* to clear the crowds away so that they could be properly invaded. ;) Iceland didn't put up a fight (one which it would have had zero chance of winning), and instead just took advantage of the occupation to get free infrastructure, jobs, and reliable customers for its fish. :)

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Is there any country us British have never had some kind of war with

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Very few. There’s a map floating around the internet that shows all the countries that haven’t been invaded by the British. Haha

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Vietnam

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@@stjohnsilver9538 Britain occupied Vietnam after World War 2 when Japan surrendered. They conducted some limited operations against the communists before giving it back to the French.

[@ThisisBarris]

Yes, the Cod wars! I'm so glad someone is finally discussing these because when I went to Iceland, they made such a big deal out of it which was pretty damn funny. Another brilliant video Connor - I just love your humor, editing and delivery. Really looking forward to our collab. P.S: I picked A. Everyone who went to Iceland knows that it's the correct answer!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thanks so much! I’m looking forward to our work together as well! How long were you in Iceland? I plan to get over there while I’m studying abroad in a couple years.

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@@HistoryHouseProductions I was there for a week. It was absolutely stunning but super depressing - tin homes, gray, and lots of empty space. You do just 100m outside of town and you're in the middle of nowhere! (with dirt roads). I always felt like if you got an accident or out of gas, you'll die haha where do you want to study abroad?

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I’m thinking of studying in London for a semester. I won’t be able to go for a few years though. (I start college next fall)

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@@HistoryHouseProductions Sounds good man. London is expensive but is by far my favorite city - there's tons of stuff to do there. Plus it's a great way to travel around Europe, too. I hope you get to go there!

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This is Barris! - French History Totally ! I have a pretty similar mindset about the whole thing.

[@benk239]

Might I just say, how legendary the ambassador was! Playing the bagpipes while his embassy was under attack! Reminds me of that Roman emperor who played the violin in the fall of Rome.

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He actually played the lyre as the violin did not exist yet and that story might be fictional

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@2:09 Nice pronounciation of "Ekki gera það" :) (but you messed up Reykjavík :( )

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Yeah.... I realized that after I posted. I’m not sure where I got the extra syllable... XD

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Lol já.

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For sure! I’m really glad that you enjoy this stuff. :)

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No worries! I don’t speak Polish at all, so you have a leg up on me!

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I love how most of us answered Nuclear War against Iceland

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OMG I laughed my ass of. But not sure if because of your funny presentation, or just because of the story itself (since it's hilarious, and so bizarre).I actually had no idea before that this ever happened. People are ready to kill each other because of....fishes.. And allways dat same outcome : when things got out of hands, Iceland treats Nato to leave them - Britain leaves - Iceland wins - and still some boats that are ramming each other. Somebody should do a comedy movie about this xD

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I’m glad you liked it! It really is a ridiculous conflict. I remember being quite amused when I first read about it.

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Thank you so much! :) I really appreciate it!

[@Archris17]

It wasn't just about the fish; it was about the people who were being put out of work and a way of life their families have had for centuries; it was about the economic damage that the loss of those jobs meant; it was about the ecological disaster of over-fishing in the ceded water; it was about the fact that the last expansion of Iceland's fishing waters intruded into Britain's Exclusive Economic Area! We should have just called their bluff, colonised the island and let the USA keep its precious little base.

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2:10 love how he actually put effort into icelandic

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Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support!

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Thanks for making this.

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You are very welcome!

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I searched it up because I was skeptical about them actually playing rule Britannia. They actually did lol

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Ikr, these jokes just write themselves

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The small country who defeated uk Sealand:am i joke to you

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As an Icelander. Thank you so much for covering this

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UK: *"I can BEAT You."* Iceland: [LMAO 😂😂😂] *"Hold My Catch of The Year 🐟🐟🐟🐟🦈🦈🦈🦈."* *_*3 WARS LATER...*_* UK: *"HOOOWW :'(?!? Nobody couldn't beat my arse thrice in the row before."* Kingdom of Netherlands: **laughs in Dutch**

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Haha! The Anglo-Dutch Wars are pretty interesting.

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We didn't lose to Iceland, we lost to America and the USSR's political pressure. Should have just colonised the island and let the USA keep their base.

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excellent work!

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Lots of love from the U.S.!

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Really like this! Well done :) Cudos from Iceland!

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Thank you so much!

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WW3 and Iceland has deployed 11 PATROL BOATS! *Iceland uses leave NATO card* *effect:0* Iceland has been amazed by America America: this whole island is our base now

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The Cod War The Cold War Hmmmmmm

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Thank you!

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Really apreciate the video I didn't know all of this about the cod war even though i learned about it in school! (Even with that reyKjaviK pronounciation ;))

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Yeahhhhhhh.... I’m never gonna get over that one...

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While the UK ships played Rule Britannia songs to interrupt the radio communication then the Icelandic ships played a song called Ragnheidur biskupsdottir by Megas to annoy the UK ships and it worked quite well haha

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I like the more detailed sprites/backgrounds.

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I like them a lot too. They seem to make everything a bit clearer.

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This was funny and educational

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Hey it’s like what Spain is doing in the English channel today, also that epic gamer moment where you say you will leave NATO if you don’t get out

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1:17 Never shorten the name of our great country!

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‘Murica

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Americans: "How dare you shorten our name!" Also Americans: "USA, USA, USA!"

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selfish country

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He forgot one R, this is treason!

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Gosh darn it I should have this for history day

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This would be an interesting topic.

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**Soviet Union collapses** Britain: "It's time"

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I remember my mum, who worked for GCHQ back then, telling me about this.

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That’s cool! What’s GCHQ?

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@@HistoryHouseProductions Government Communication Head Quarters; one of the branches of Britain's intelligence services. As you can probably imagine, they're pretty vague about what they actually do, but as far as I can tell most of it is decryption and communications interception. When I was growing up, we had a whole list of countries the family couldn't go to because of her job.

[@Boop__Doop]

You can declare war on Iceland You can put bases on Iceland But for your sake don't mess with our fish

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I never would have dreamed of finding this out on my own. All I knew about was the occupation of Iceland in WW2.

[@pierce873]

Nice ww2 ship poster in the background I got the same one

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Ekki gera það. You got yourself another icelandic sub

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Thank you! Greetings from the United States!

[@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74]

I still find it funny since you posted the cod war a year later every other history oriented channel covered it😂

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Clever use of a quiz.

[@jefecristo6867]

I guess this is the original of the phrase, give a inch and they'll take 200 nautical miles of fishing territory; or something like that.

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classic

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5:28 onward *muah* magnificent

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Conflicts in Europe after WWII, except for a few exceptions, are worth to have their own comical show

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Iceland: **Inserts the Icelandic version of Lazytown’s We Are Numbet One Earrape Edition Here**

[@LeonLopatheus]

I guess the author of this video forgot to add that Iceland was increasing it's exclusive fishing ground because it's economy was based on fishing a lot. And they were getting less and less of fish because of other countries fishing more and more of them. That's the information I've found. Sorry if this video meant to be just entertaining not informative and I'm spoiling the fun. I just like the knowledge.

[@stephen9381]

The cod wars sounds like a fan game of call of duty

[@theunitedstatesofamerica3556]

*ICELAND EXPANDS FISHING ZONE TO 69,420 MILES*

[@sachlangjamatia7141]

What are they fishing asteroid or meteoroid

[@AtaMarKat]

“Oi’ll be roight propa wiff ya, Govna, Oi ain’t doiin ova no bloody fish, yeh.”

[@refrain4155]

4:58 I am dying in laughter, he is not even say a thing 😆

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

Imagine “COD WARS” as a Star Wars opening.

[@Konmonachi]

Great as well, very interesting.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you so much!

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You're welcome, umm... so I want to ask what happens in the Iraq war in the 2000s? (Sorry, just asking.)

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What do you mean? Are you just generally asking what happened?

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@@HistoryHouseProductions Yeah...

[@Konmonachi]

I just don't know about the Iraq war since everybody didn't talk about them really much,

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The 6 J's and a Q comment had he spit out my drink laughing in the middle of a restaurant. I'll have to finish this video at home....or not.

[@aporlarepublica]

Lesson from this: Never go to war against Nordics. ANY KIND OF WAR.

[@Joshua_23]

whoa earrape intro meme time boi lesss goo

[@jamestown8398]

5:46 If Iceland extended it's sea-zone to 300 miles and threatened to withdraw from Nato again then this probably would have been the result.

[@attiepollard7847]

Then that's when the United States comes in and tells them to stop and they cannot leave NATO

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Of course I remember you! I really appreciate all the support you’ve given me and it means a lot that you’ve been watching my videos for so long.

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No shots were fired

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Some warning shots were, but yeah, not a whole lot of actual shooting.

[@LeviathanSpeaks1469]

Iceland: “Deploy the Emu auxiliaries...”

[@joaquindubini3681]

Great Britan Is that one guy who stole everything from everyone in the class, but when one random dude started to stole from him, he just made a huge scene in the room, but nobody care.

[@11Survivor]

Iceland didn't steal anything. 200 miles is the international default of an Exclusive Economic Zone. Iceland was fully within its rights as a sovereign nation. British trawlers in Iceland's EEZ were closer to the arctic circle than they were to home, and were also wayyyy out of the UK's EEZ.

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@@11Survivor I was just making an analogy so please, keep it to yourself.

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B sounds pretty good

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**man this *man* *is hilarious**

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I’m glad you like them!

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

I wish Iceland would stop LARPing as a country.... they're an adorable cluster of fishing hamlets on a geopolitically significant hot rock that mainly exists to demonstrate per capita comparisons are biased in favour of sets of small quantities.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Pretty funny as long as we don’t get any nationalists in here.

[@karenrobertsdottir4101]

I want to virulently object to this... but I have to sheepishly admit that it's true. ;)

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

@@karenrobertsdottir4101 "Sheepishly"? Now you are speaking my language....... I'm a New Zealander ;). Do you think Iceland might be interested in swapping a Bjork for some of our Orks?(LOTR)

[@Archris17]

Should have just conquered them and sorted this idiocy out right away. The US could keep its precious base.

[@josephpriest1488]

2 minuets I have the same ship map on my wall!!!! I can’t remember exactly where I got it but I think it was from a ship museum

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That's cool! I think my mom got mine for me.

[@Legacy633]

I feel like ice Landic water empire has just begun

[@nebulan]

RTS games like age of empires/mythology suggest the biggest threat to fishing vessels is enemy vessels where IRL the biggest threats to fishing vessels is the friggin weather .... i guess in this war really did have to protect fishing ships from enemy ships....

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

True dat

[@daveycortez2944]

"This is the Earga spelled with 6 Js and a Q" 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@UncleLumbago1899]

Imagine Call of Duty: Cod Wars

[@juccicrunch7054]

So, I wanna be that guy and point out one flaw. The vessel used to represent the Icelandic Gunboats in the video was the ICGV Thor which never saw service in the cod wars as it was commissioned in 2011. Aside from that and the mispronunciation of Reykjavik, good video!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Yeah.... a guy on reddit pointed that out. I think I just google searched “ICGV vessel cod wars” and used the clearest one to base my drawings off of. I probably should’ve looked into it more. Thanks for watching! :)

[@Haxer216]

Icelander here, great video. But... it's "Reykjavík", not "Reykahavic". But I like to see more, so I will subscribe your channel. Þoskastríðin (The Cod Wars) was actually used in our last presidential elections. When the candidate Davíð Oddsson (our "Ronald Reagan") attacked the history professor Guðni T.H. because he has been writing about the Cod Wars and was pretty neutral about it (just like a historian should be). That is, he was not particularly standing with Iceland (nor Britain) and because of that he "hated Iceland". But in the end, he won the election and Davíð was in the fourth place.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Huh. That’s interesting! For some reason I just saw this now, so thank you for subscribing!

[@deadlyplumjellyproductions]

Wouldn’t be surprised if uk does Pearl harbour on the Icelandic fishing ports

[@matteoquiroga5848]

Heyy te video came out the 18 of january of 2019???

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Yeah?

[@jamnub2587]

What was the song from the beginning of the vid.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Rule Britannia

[@Sly88Frye]

4:00 for some reason I thought that sounded like Butthead on the speaker at first

[@salvor5764]

So basically Iceland pulled a Chile but instead of coastline it was ocean

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That’s one way to look at it