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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Cod Wars]]<br/>(1958&ndash;1976)
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|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''<ref name=gil>Gilchrist, Andrew (1978). ''Cod Wars and how to lose them'' Q Press, p. 102</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''<ref name=gil>Gilchrist, Andrew (1978). ''Cod Wars and how to lose them'' Q Press, p. 102</ref>
*[[Exclusive economic zone|EEZ]] around Iceland expanded.
*[[Exclusive economic zone|EEZ]] around Iceland expanded.

Revision as of 19:21, 15 April 2016

The following is a list of wars involving Iceland. Although modern Iceland does not maintain a standing army, navy, or air force, it maintains a militarized Coast Guard which is in charge of defending the country and has internationally deployed a small peacekeeping force on a few occasions.

Wars

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Icelandic
losses
Age of the Sturlungs
(1220–1264) 		Gothis Gothis Old Covenant
Unknown
Cod Wars
(1958–1976) 		 Iceland  United Kingdom  West Germany  Belgium Victory[1]
  • EEZ around Iceland expanded.
1 dead

Peacekeeping

Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops deployed
MNF-I 2003 2004  Iraq 2
ISAF ISAF 2003 2014  Afghanistan ?

See also

References

  1. ^ Gilchrist, Andrew (1978). Cod Wars and how to lose them Q Press, p. 102
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