The strategic importance of Iceland for the north atlantic cannot be overlooked. In WWII Britain militarily occupied Iceland, but invited the USA to take over the occupation as it was politically less provocative.

I hadn't thought much about the politics involved with American bases around the world. As a teenager there were far more important things to occupy my mind. Then, at 15, I read a thriller that was set in Iceland during the 1960s. It mentioned that the Icelanders were caught in the middle of the cold war insofar as their island was considered highly strategic to NATO and was therefore peppered with US service personnel and military aircraft and materiel. They also had established a beneficial relationship with the USSR regarding trade and fishing boundaries. At that moment I was awakened to consider the wider world as more than just geography class.

What happened to the submarine corridor as stated in the thumbnail?

Great Video that was very informative! Thank you

ATTENTION: SUBMARINER HERE - There's probably only about 5-10 minutes about Submarines in this video so don't be fooled by the ATTENTION grabbing headline, like I did, if you're interested in Submariners

14:26 There's a blast from the past. I lived for two years in these concrete barracks.

Good this. It doesn't shy away from the issues. Nice one Team! ⭐👍

19 minets in and nothing about submarines. just about a air base and local corruption.

34:00 What a liar. Russia/Soviets invaded Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, East Germany, Romania, Czechoslovakia, parts of Finland (only because they couldn't invade more), parts of Japan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, was party to the invasion of South Korea and Vietnam, and helped subjugate Cubans and other South American nations under Communist dictatorships. Ok, a few of those were "part of Soviet Union" but the all the rest of that long list were not voluntarily under Soviet dictatorial totalitarianism. Meanwhile Soviet Union was saved from being wiped out during WW2 thanks to the US and other Allies (which became NATO) through their absolutely immense amounts of supplies, weapons, aircraft, tanks, pretty much most of what they needed for their fight for survival. Not a single bit of USSR/russia was invaded by the US or NATO, nor did they have any intention to. Before the cold war ended we saw how massively belligerent and evil Soviet aggression was with all their invasions, cruel rule of their own people and those they had invaded, massive espionage and murders in the West, etc. Anywhere they saw weakness they struck, harassed, expanded. And after the cold war we saw how true the non-aggression of the West was as we saw a totally helpless Soviet Union *_not_* invaded or subjugated by the West but instead massive cost and effort was made to *_aid_* them in rebuilding their nation after the collapse, with *_no_* taking over of territory or anything else.

Many thanks for sharing.

26:06 first mention of a submarine and for 2 seconds. Take timeline headlines with a grain of salt

Title is total click bait unrelated to content. 😮

Sailors belong on ships & ships belong at sea. Navy gray & underway ! God bless the US Navy ! 🫡 🇺🇸

I thought this was well done until the end when it abruptly ended, almost in the middle of a statement... There is no proper ending at all. Is 5his supposed to be part 1 of a series? If so, that should be in the title or something...

Wow, it's really good. It's very attractive and the AD is very interesting

Interesting documentary

To the ignorant fellow vet, asking for record of toxic waste -> Here you are! •Osaka Japan •Nago, Okinawa •Sea of Japan •Philippines (2-Manila/ 1-Davao) •Nago, Okinawa •Attu (Near Islands) •Puerto Rico (2x) •Panama (2x) •Mexico City (Coastline) •Timor Leste •Australia (11x) •New Caledonia •Mediterranean Sea •Celtic Sea (Several) •English Channel •Gothenburg •Norway

"Recently independent"? Iceland got its independence in 1918 but broke the alliance with Denmark only in 1944.

2:10 I love how the narrator pronounces North Koreor. Never pronounce the "R" except where there isn't one anyway.

Thanks for the memories. I was an aviation electronic technician 2nd class aircrewman[radar and radios] on a P2V5F patrol bomber deployed at Keflavik 12/58-3/1/59. We were told the if you got an Iceland girl pregnant you either had to give her $40/month for 20 yers or live with her on one of their islands for 20 years--also they told us the story that a crewman was on the plane at the end of the runway preparing to fly back to the States off deployment when the Icelandic police via radio ordered the plane to shut down while they came out to the plane and took the poor sailor off the plane. LFN,AT2

Depth charging Orcas.

another slam dunk from timeline

15:59 the first whale war, I can't believe it.

In 1978 my 4 years in the USMC was ending. I wanted to reenlist for Marine Barracks Reykjavik. It was a young man’s paradise for women. But there were no openings because guys wanted to remain there

Thank you for this report This is or something very similar to this situation is a major reason i oppose aukus in Australia and the americans involved I would prefer a french, uk, germany conjunction involvement personally

Bombing the orcas, WTF?

It's actually a blockage line

7:01 what aircraft is that??

All warfare is deception

Thumbs down for the misleading title. 30 minutes in and nothing about submarines.

So no "secret submarine corridor that defined the cold war?" Nice clickbait.

Except the COLD WAR didn't have A BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAITS!!

I agree with Professor Wuss the party comrade Dipshitsky. The Russians begged N. Korea, N. Vietnam, Etc. not to go to war. They've had to defend themselves against Georgia, Chechnya, Ukraine, even Afghanistan.

Garbachev’s

I thought Iceland belonged to Norway ?

Ha! I was only half listening while doing dishes. And heard the word black and thought aw they’re talking about secret operations. But uh nope. Lol. When I was a kid living on an air force base in the early 80s a friend of mine’s father would get sent to Iceland

The Russians were definitely coming. Muscovite imperialist aggression has been a problem for centuries and still is a problem.

The USSR Garbachev’s

I absolutely thought Iceland was a piece of lettuce on a plate in that thumbnail 💀

Bloody. Good. Skill.s. But. Couldn't. Hit. A. Barn. Wall

The guy who claimed that "The Russians are coming" was propaganda is looking pretty naive in 2023.

I don't believe most of these old Icelandic men talking about US servicemen like they were acting like delinquents there, not knowing how to operate Machinery Etc,.. military discipline was very strict and professional. My neighbor served in the Air Force in Iceland during the Cold War, and would tell me stories, he wasn't an angel, but he wasn't crazy enough or stupid to do Reckless things that would land him in the brig

Ppl who think nato is weak or has no teeth extremely wrong, but there not an offense collection try attacking one legitimately they united nations has a tough time with milatary force but it's the only way all the countries at least talk to each other and some of the u.n. missions are successful

GIUKN.

too much nonsense language to listen to while sleeping :/

Hence the saying over paid over sexed and over here

This unique ,informative, and truthful introduction documentary was a great work. Shared by ( 🙏time line). Thank you for sharing.. Nuclear weapons US Base establishment in Iceland 🇮🇸. Produced inflation of Iceland economy 😮, created social problems amongst Iceland youths, destroyed natural social relationships, caused radiation pollution to Iceland environment, increased temperatures of glacial layers that increased melted of frozen water 💧 and layer, started climate change before other nearly European countries. Even innocent whales 🐋 in the deep of Atlantic Ocean were not survived they were killed..😮 destroyed Marne ecosystem without provoking. For what? US exporting communism enmeshed illusions.. While US intelligences realized that the USSR was lacking behind the US military capabilities,technology advanced of 20 to 25 years...? Only weaponry companies and electronic companies of USA gained interstate and benefits.

34:09 more marxist lies. just ask a Lithuanian. Soviet expansion/colonisation was moving at a fast rate. That is why the socialist party in Iceland was so well funded in the 50's

This is just another example of a waste of American citizens, tax dollars

Video too long; did not watch!

This documentary is reasonable and well done, but it did not address a fundamental question: How much toxic waste did the American military leave in Iceland and what was the negative ecological impact of the activities of the US Army, US Navy and US Airforce in that country? Everyone knows that Americans often turn the surrounding areas of their military bases into dangerous toxic dumps.