Whats funny about that is the missiles in turkey were out of date and probably wouldnt even work as well as the ussr missles in cuba but for the most part the crisis was stupid any ways.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)
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
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!
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...
I’m genuinely honoured to be the fan of a channel like this so early in the picture. When you have 100k subs, we’re all going to be able to call ourselves the originals.
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.
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. :)
@@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...."
@@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. :)
@@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. :)
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!
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.
@@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?
@@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!
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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
@@HistoryHouseProductions Just keep up the good work and you are gonna get better, your sense of humour is awesome, and video quality is even better, you remind me of sam'onellas academy
@@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.
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**
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.
I just discovered this channel. I just watched ALL of your vids ... in two days. I watched THIS vid 4 times. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. MAKE MORE VIDS. Seriously ... you're 19 years old? And you know about the Katyn Forest? I know people who tell me they've studied WW 2 and they've never heard of it. You have a very sophisticated sense of history ... and humor. I expect you'll go far. Read Hunter S Thompson's stuff. And maybe P.J. O'Rourke's early stuff.
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 ;))
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.
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
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.
Finally got a notification Edit: Hmmm it seems like your channel has grown i mean damn your doing collabs i hope you dont forget me when you become popular i was 1 of your first fans If you dont remember me i gave you the idea for the chinese mongol invation
The UK navy did not kill anyone during the Cod wars, the Icelandic Coast Guard did. The single fatality was a welder (that self-electrocuted), by being ordered to fix "ramming" damage on the high seas, a task that could have been postponed indefinitely.
Nuclear theory, specifically Mutually Assured Destruction. If NATO or the USA tried to change the status quo, the other side would respond with force and both sides were afraid that'd mean a nuclear strike, which would result in retaliation and then the whole world is dead. In reality, no-one would use a nuke until their back was against a wall and a little conflict over Iceland was nothing to get excited about, but that FEAR was what kept (and keeps) everyone in line. Thus, little not-real-nations like Iceland get to swagger about, bossing around their betters with threats everyone is too scared to call the bluff on, when we should have just taken their little chunk of rock for the Empire and called it a day!
My grandfather was on one of the icelandic boats and litterally threw a fucking harpoon at the british navy cus the harpoon gun was jammed and it scared of a fucking british navy ship
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....
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.
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.
@@luri_aden4920 I mean, when you are trying to figure out how to survive the harsh Icelandic weather and volcanoes, the last thing you want to do is go to war.
Quick! Now it’s time to play spot the typo in the video! Winner will claim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands!
5:47 Reykjavik *THE FALKLAND ISLANDS IS FINALLY MINE MUAHAHAHA*
Yeah, you got it! Just don’t let Argentina know.
That’s great! Is it working out for you?
I know this isn’t it but 5:09 “bois.”
That’s good!
2021 AD: Icelands declares altantic ocean as its waters
At least they'll still be in NATO
Lol
Trump: * deploys SpaceForce above Iceland *
Rightful Iceland clay
that would be interesting to see a country use six ships to defend the entire ocean
This would make a great Sabaton song.
Swedish Metal, fish and violence. My favorite combo.
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!"
Mike Qwerty the war was fought to rule the fish and lead the ice marine.
4 men and 40 tones of steal...
set the course for the north Atlantic with the fish on on the heal...
@@HistoryHouseProductions bruh
USA: puts missiles in Turkey
USSR: dude! Uncool *puts missiles in Cuba*
USA: *pikachu face*
That about sums it up. :)
In America most people don't know about us putting nukes in Turkey
I know! People just kinda think that the USSR put nukes in Cuba just because the wanted to.
Yoyle 0340 I’m Turkish and I approve there is nukes and missiles in turkey
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)
How to get everything you want:
Threatened to leave NATO in cold war
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.
I'm surprised America didn't try to replace Iceland's government with a puppet regime.
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
@@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.
@@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
UK: *Declares Third Cod War*
Iceland: How many time do we have to teach you this lesson Old man?
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.
LoZ Collector Yes. I am aware of that. I just like to leave jokes in the comments. It’s how I am
@@Archris17 I wonder where the UK picked up that tactic. Maybe I should try asking in Jórvík?
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
UK actulay has some extra privileges in this zone so they dont realy lost
6 Patrols boats vs 48 british warships
Result : Iceland wins
Wilhelm II Hohenzollern: is it possible to learn this power ?
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!
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...
When the british approach
We threaten to withdraw from nato.
Sir, youre a genius
I’m genuinely honoured to be the fan of a channel like this so early in the picture. When you have 100k subs, we’re all going to be able to call ourselves the originals.
Thais is such an awesome comment! Thank you. :)
Same! Just love the channel
Well just found the channel and I'm already subscribed to it without finishing the vid since you have great potential.
You should have more subs your hilarious
**plays bagpipe music over protests**
Aha, Banter.
A man of culture
British strategy. Play bagpipes or Rule Britannia over your enemies so you can’t hear them.
10/10 pro gamer strat
I wonder if this is also why Barnier at times felt like he was going to mentally break down.
Soviets when snow starts speakin' Finnish: 😦
Americans when trees start speakin' Vietnamese: 😨😨
British when ocean waters start speakin' Icelandic: 😱😱
Britains when they see the Icelandic ship full of trolls 😵
@G F0X Australians when wheat fields start speakin' EMU: 😬😰
Use a pc, inferiores.
Oh wow now that's an original and not overused joke.
Germans when the snow starts speaking Russian:😰😨
I am an Icelander and I approve this message!
Noice!
Ég líka
Did you cringe too when he said Reykjavík?
Yep
You're as cold as ice, willing to sacrifice...
BRITISHNAVALDOMINANCEINTHENORTHSEA.
As a fellow icelander thank you for making a video about this. Icelandic history is rarely talked about! Have a like and a subscribe!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
I always wondered why Scarborough only had, like, 3 trawlers instead of a full fishing fleet... I'm from there. that's why...
yeaaaaahhhhhhh..........
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.
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.
Scrotum Deleter claiming massive amounts of ocean from small pieces of land? *China has entered the chat*
Yeah, it also decimated Hull
@2:09 Nice pronounciation of "Ekki gera það" :) (but you messed up Reykjavík :( )
Yeah.... I realized that after I posted. I’m not sure where I got the extra syllable... XD
Lol já.
:( ) looks like an obese :(
Loved this!
You earned yourself a sub from Iceland brother.
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. :)
@@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...."
@@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. :)
@@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. :)
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!
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.
@@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?
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)
@@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!
This is Barris! - French History Totally ! I have a pretty similar mindset about the whole thing.
your channel should be more popular, I really like your channel, I wish you look with expanding your channel c:
For sure! I’m really glad that you enjoy this stuff. :)
Just noticed , I wrote channel 3 times XD sorry is English not my primary language
No worries! I don’t speak Polish at all, so you have a leg up on me!
"the cod wars"
The only good call of duty game
To Valhalla ( suicide bombs)
...............CALL OF DUTY..................
COD WARFARE
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.
He actually played the lyre as the violin did not exist yet and that story might be fictional
*Breaking News* Iceland expands their waters by 69000 kilometers
Ok jeb
You missed the opportunity to make to 69,420 kilometers.
Nice
Nice
Everyone gangsta till iceland claims every ocean in the world
Yeah yeah............Yeah.......This shit is ours now ;)
Trolls are more effective than nukes
As an Icelander. Thank you so much for covering this
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
I’m glad you liked it! It really is a ridiculous conflict. I remember being quite amused when I first read about it.
@@HistoryHouseProductions You did a very good job mate :D I'm gonna subscribe!
Thank you so much! :) I really appreciate it!
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.
Iceland: “get off my lawn”
Britain: “no”
Iceland: “I now declare my lawn to be the entire neighborhood now get out”
Great video! Lots of loves from Iceland!
Lots of love from the U.S.!
Damn it man your channel needs more subs.
And as always your video is nothing less of a masterpiece.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support!
2:10 "eKkI GeRA þAð!"
Hopefully I didn’t butcher the pronunciation.
@@HistoryHouseProductions it's actually pretty good.
I love how most of us answered Nuclear War against Iceland
Is there any country us British have never had some kind of war with
Very few. There’s a map floating around the internet that shows all the countries that haven’t been invaded by the British. Haha
Vietnam
@@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.
I like the more detailed sprites/backgrounds.
I like them a lot too. They seem to make everything a bit clearer.
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
Congratulations for passing the 1000 views milestone 🙌🙌. Greetings from South America!
Thank you!
Ekki gera það. You got yourself another icelandic sub
Thank you! Greetings from the United States!
You deserve much more attention
Thank you!
@@HistoryHouseProductions Just keep up the good work and you are gonna get better, your sense of humour is awesome, and video quality is even better, you remind me of sam'onellas academy
I searched it up because I was skeptical about them actually playing rule Britannia. They actually did lol
Ikr, these jokes just write themselves
Thanks for making this.
You are very welcome!
Dude this channel is awesome ....why didn't I come across this earlier
I'm glad you like it!
@@HistoryHouseProductions and you reply to comments on 1 year old videos ......NOICE!
The Cod War
The Cold War
Hmmmmmm
excellent work!
Thank you a ton! I appreciate it!
I remember my mum, who worked for GCHQ back then, telling me about this.
That’s cool! What’s GCHQ?
@@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.
Really like this! Well done :) Cudos from Iceland!
Thank you so much!
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**
Haha! The Anglo-Dutch Wars are pretty interesting.
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.
I just discovered this channel. I just watched ALL of your vids ... in two days. I watched THIS vid 4 times. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. MAKE MORE VIDS. Seriously ... you're 19 years old? And you know about the Katyn Forest? I know people who tell me they've studied WW 2 and they've never heard of it. You have a very sophisticated sense of history ... and humor. I expect you'll go far. Read Hunter S Thompson's stuff. And maybe P.J. O'Rourke's early stuff.
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words!
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 ;))
Yeahhhhhhh.... I’m never gonna get over that one...
You are underrated. Hello from Korea!
Thank you! Hello from America!
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.
Huh. That’s interesting! For some reason I just saw this now, so thank you for subscribing!
The small country who defeated uk
Sealand:am i joke to you
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
1:17 Never shorten the name of our great country!
‘Murica
Americans: "How dare you shorten our name!"
Also Americans: "USA, USA, USA!"
selfish country
History House Productions Imperial empire of trumpland
He forgot one R, this is treason!
**Soviet Union collapses**
Britain: "It's time"
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
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.
classic
Conflicts in Europe after WWII, except for a few exceptions, are worth to have their own comical show
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.
The cod wars sounds like a fan game of call of duty
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.
Then that's when the United States comes in and tells them to stop and they cannot leave NATO
Clever use of a quiz.
Finally got a notification
Edit: Hmmm it seems like your channel has grown i mean damn your doing collabs i hope you dont forget me when you become popular i was 1 of your first fans
If you dont remember me i gave you the idea for the chinese mongol invation
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.
might need to take this back now.
Imagine “COD WARS” as a Star Wars opening.
Iceland: “Deploy the Emu auxiliaries...”
Imagine Call of Duty: Cod Wars
Gosh darn it I should have this for history day
This would be an interesting topic.
Nice ww2 ship poster in the background I got the same one
I still find it funny since you posted the cod war a year later every other history oriented channel covered it😂
This was funny and educational
I love your videos
Thank you!
“Oi’ll be roight propa wiff ya, Govna, Oi ain’t doiin ova no bloody fish, yeh.”
No shots were fired
Some warning shots were, but yeah, not a whole lot of actual shooting.
I just love this.
Man this video is hilarious
**man this *man* *is hilarious**
I’m glad you like them!
Iceland: **Inserts the Icelandic version of Lazytown’s We Are Numbet One Earrape Edition Here**
So basically Iceland pulled a Chile but instead of coastline it was ocean
That’s one way to look at it
*ICELAND EXPANDS FISHING ZONE TO 69,420 MILES*
What are they fishing asteroid or meteoroid
The UK navy did not kill anyone during the Cod wars, the Icelandic Coast Guard did. The single fatality was a welder (that self-electrocuted), by being ordered to fix "ramming" damage on the high seas, a task that could have been postponed indefinitely.
How did this not start a world war?
E V E R Y M A N A K I N G The world may never know.....
Nuclear theory, specifically Mutually Assured Destruction. If NATO or the USA tried to change the status quo, the other side would respond with force and both sides were afraid that'd mean a nuclear strike, which would result in retaliation and then the whole world is dead.
In reality, no-one would use a nuke until their back was against a wall and a little conflict over Iceland was nothing to get excited about, but that FEAR was what kept (and keeps) everyone in line. Thus, little not-real-nations like Iceland get to swagger about, bossing around their betters with threats everyone is too scared to call the bluff on, when we should have just taken their little chunk of rock for the Empire and called it a day!
LoZ Collector the US would have never allowed you guys to do invade iceland
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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Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Skipper from the Penguins of Madagascar movie
Nelson Mandela
This seems like a rigged question... Skipper is obviously the superior specimen.
My grandfather was on one of the icelandic boats and litterally threw a fucking harpoon at the british navy cus the harpoon gun was jammed and it scared of a fucking british navy ship
That’s super cool! Let him know that he’s a savage for me!
History House Productions ok
"This is the Earga spelled with 6 Js and a Q" 😂😂😂🤣🤣
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....
True dat
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.
4:58 I am dying in laughter, he is not even say a thing 😆
The British ambassador to Iceland is a legend
Lesson from this: Never go to war against Nordics. ANY KIND OF WAR.
just waiting when Iceland expands their fishing zone to a 1000 miles
You spell it: Reykajavic
and pronounce it: Reich-ah vick
How did you come up with this? Otherwise great video!
I never would have dreamed of finding this out on my own. All I knew about was the occupation of Iceland in WW2.
5:28 onward *muah* magnificent
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.
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.
@@11Survivor
I was just making an analogy so please, keep it to yourself.
And how did the Cod Wars end?
In codpeace.
The fact that Iceland was only involved in 7 battles (5 if you add WW2 and just assume all 3 battles are just 1)
Correct me if I am wrong
I'm not sure how you would count all the battles that Iceland has been in. They've definitely stayed neutral most of the time though!
History House Productions Iceland is pretty peaceful
@@luri_aden4920 I mean, when you are trying to figure out how to survive the harsh Icelandic weather and volcanoes, the last thing you want to do is go to war.
I feel like ice Landic water empire has just begun
Heyy te video came out the 18 of january of 2019???
Yeah?
Call of Duty 50: Cod Wars!
This time we are not fishing around for new IPs. This is literally a war about fishing!
Eh. I'd buy it.
Did you improve you're animation or is it just me?
I try to improve my animation in every video, so hopefully it’s not just you. XD
Wouldn’t be surprised if uk does Pearl harbour on the Icelandic fishing ports