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199 Casualties?

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Is there a source for the casualties? This article mentions 199 Commonwealth troops buried there but it is unclear if their deaths can be characterised as part of the occupation or if they died separately in the North Atlantic. The invasion itself left none dead. Harsimaja (talk) 23:14, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

independence of iceland

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As Denmark was occupied and king Christian X was not free in his decisions under German occupation iceland drifted away from Denmark and declared independence in 1944. The 'Republic of Iceland' 1940-44; Anglo-American Attitudes and Influences. Journal of Contemporary History, Oct. 1974, Vol. 9, No. 4, 5glogger (talk) 06:52, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]