Why Iceland is immune to wars
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
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Hope you guys liked the video! Whilst editing this video TLDR News EU posted a great video about the situation with Iceland's military and went into a lot more detail on the history behind it. So if you're interested in learning more about that I suggest watching their video, I'll link it here: ruclips.net/video/iHxI5EV9-Vo/видео.html
Iceland lost lost of sailors in WWll. Shot down by German U boats...
We do not have military. But we are sadly in Nato. And Nato is a agressive allience, invading others countries
@@IceglacierArnar that is true, Finland and Sweden are finally joining us in NATO because of their strong desire to aggressively conquer the world. Those feisty Finns.
Hey im from iceland
@@IceglacierArnar Nah
Seems to be a reoccurring issue with ya videos.
One small Detail you werern't clear about. When Iceland fell under Norwegian rule it wasn't an invasion it was a vote in the Alþing that put us under the Norwegian crown, then when the Danes got power it was the fact that they inherited the Norwegian crown
Iceland had a massive civil war where the locals fought each other for independence from King Hákon. Don't know where you get that from besides from after the Sturlungar captured the remaining territory.
@@burningcoal5705 Don't quote me on this one but I am quite sure among other places it stood on some plaque when I was at þingvellir last year.
You've missed the reason WHY the UK bowed to Iceland in the Cod Wars:
Iceland's location is extremely strategic as it lies on the way to Russian arctic. In the Cod Wars, Iceland simply threatened to withdraw from NATO, and the US told UK to leave Iceland's claimed maritime zone.
That's only because the US was afraid of Iceland's military. The CIA found out what Iceland has secretly been making in its volcanoes and it terrifies them. Iceland are a founding meber of the New world order.
Don't you need unanimous votes to leave?
@@TheCaptainSplatter yes now but not when the cod war happened also iceland was taken in as one of the founders of NATO
@@TheCaptainSplatter @PBjarniTh There is no requirement for a vote of NATO members to allow for a country to withdrawal from NATO. Withdrawal from NATO is done entirely on the part of the country that would so choose to do so, the other members of NATO can not force a country to remain a part of the alliance. A unanimous vote is only required for a country to join NATO.
So what if Iceland bolt out of NATO...how will it affect UK negatively?
Iceland is like that one quiet kid in the back that seems friendly but everyone's scared of him
So true! 😆😆😂
Nobody's scared of Iceland. Everyone's scared of the USA
What school did you go to?
@@Rjsjrjsjrjsj yeah def gonna tell you that
@@Rjsjrjsjrjsj He went to the Russian national bank, University
2:22 This victory was pressure from the USA telling the UK to give in, similar to the Suez Crisis
Hush hush now
we don't like to admit that we didn't single handedly beat the brits ! :D
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@@joik3308 We did mess up a lot of their ships though, both fishing boats and royal military ships. A fun fact is that the brits did take more damage than us, both diplomatically and militarily ;3
That's only because the US was afraid of Iceland's military. The CIA found out what Iceland has secretly been making in its volcanoes and it terrifies them. Iceland are a founding meber of the New world order.
Holding government accountable for their action is something that many countries should have.
It’s not possible for a lot of countries because of the military but in this case Iceland doesn’t have a military to deter citizens from doing so
Fantastic video! Your pronunciation of Eyjafjallajökull was one of the better ones I've heard from a non-Icelander!
(Fun fact, I actually lived under Eyjafjallajökull when it erupted in 2010, we got a day of from school when it started which I did not dislike 😊)
I read that double L's in Icelandic are pronounced as "DL", so good luck with "Eyjafjadlajökudl", non-natives!
And most English speakers want to say j the hard pronunciation. It’s funny because every other Germanic language only has soft j’s, so English is the oddball, and yeah I’m an English speaker but I guess I just know better than most.
So it was you that emerged?
@@tvuser9529 Challenge accepted, I'm a native Swedish speaker😏
@@tvuser9529 More like "TL", but it's not entirely consistent. Sometimes it's more like we would say a double L in English (for example the "ll" in "Snæfellsnes" is pronounced more or less as it would be in English, but with the sound coming from closer to the tip of your tongue, rather than the rear of it). And sometimes (particularly at the end of words) it's more like a "t", followed by a voiceless aspiration that sounds more like an English "sh" than an "L", but there isn't really any way to accurately spell out how it sounds in English.
"Eyjafjallajokull" sounds pretty much like AEY-yah-FYAT-tla-YO-kutsh.
In order to make sense of the double "L" including a mysterious "T" sound, I recommend trying to pronounce the "L" on the tip of your tongue rather than gutturally. Then say "LLLLLLLLL", with each L making a distinct sound. Notice how each L will be separated by a distinct tapping sound, like a "t", but formed by your tongue against your gums, rather than through closed teeth.
Iceland is the quiet kid with the good lunch who is friends with the mob
Yes yes we are
I found out just how facinated I am with Greenland and Iceland from the prospecting show called "ice cold gold" they found tons of hard rock outcrops of ruby deposits and gold. And oil deposits. It seems like such a bountiful location and I love the climate, geology, fishing, crabbing, etc.
That is how ecological destruction is caused. We can never be okay with a light bulb that never dies. So we had to make many light bulbs that are designed to break completely so you are forced to buy more!!!!
Iceland is to young geology to really get much gold, ruby or oil here
My grandfather "fought" in the cod war. I remember him showing pictures and videos ramming the big british naval boats.
No he has videos of him ramming fishing boats
The big boats were aircraft carriers
Which … I mean obviously the British decided your grandpa was like a little kid and spared him cause your here but you know he didn’t win
They decided not to kill him
@@ShmuckCanuck I thought the brits sent cruisers to protect their fishing boats and there is a story about a British cruiser “ramming” týr or Þór (way smaller ship) it got very close from sinking but, yeah it didn’t and they managed to somehow maneuver from the cruiser to the back of the fishing boat and cut the net 😅 sailors from the cruiser couldn’t believe what they saw…
@@slebbinn not that I know of
@@ShmuckCanuck Not true, big boats were rammed. 15 frigates were damaged. I don't believe you're very educated on the cod wars.
@@noi9982 no I am
The biggest boat either side sent we’re coast guard vessels; the British didn’t send there big boats
You know they have aircraft carriers and cruisers and battle ships right?
The biggest things they sent were two drstoryed but almost entirely corvettes which are roughly thrr size of some of icelands coast guard vessels
Yes; some British boats were rammed and damaged
Some Icelandic boats were rammed and damaged
I’m aware of that
If you think you outmuscled the British navy
Or even that they sent the navy
Sir you don’t know anything about navies
Or the cod war
You just know your grandpa told you some stories abo ut how when he was a kid he swam 80 miles to school and fought polar bears bare handed and wrested the queen of England after sinki her battleship with his dinghy
Like your grandpa just exaggerated and lied dude
All our grandpas did it
In WWII Iceland lost 230 people to the war. This might not seem to be a lot - but the population only numbered about 140 thousand at the end of the war. The percentage lost to the war was therefore about .17% whereas the United States (for example) lost .30%. In other words, Iceland's per capita losses (mostly among sailors and fishermen killed by U-boats and aircraft) were about half those of the United States. It is worth noting that the Icelandic deaths were all among civilians - probably exceeding the per capita civilian death toll of most other countries ...
The US barely lost anyone either. WW2 was mostly between the uk, russia and germany.
@@mpforeverunlimited The difference being that Iceland wasn't even a participant 🙂
@@mpforeverunlimited Pacific was slightly different though. those losses would be unacceptable today though Russia wouldnt really care
That’s just the European theatre …
From an Icelander i think Iceland suffers alot from it's peacfullness and tourism since the it is really costly to live here for reasons like not all company's ship there and the goverment keeps making these really expensive houses that the more poorer family's cant afford. the price in Reykajavik is ever growing too so a house that cost 10k dollars last week is now 13k dollars and stuff like that.
Iceland is in the north Atlantic Ocean.
I think the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was made for Iceland. ...right?
Yea, (another icelandic pers.) I love this place but its expensive as hell, like hagkaup in garðabær is super expsensive just cuz they are close to a school
true i don´t wanna live in iceland i will move into a different country to live life and more
as someone moving to Iceland within the next couple of months, you also have to keep in mind that it is one of the countries in the world with the highest salaries. it all depends on quality of living and what one expects. i am coming because of nature and peacefulness whilst being able to spare money every month is the cherry on top.
my house was a million dollars. stfu
I am in Icelandic man living in Iceland!! VERY good video 10/10
A great insight about the country thats mostly overlooked in terms of geo-politics. Never thought fish could be such a big force to deploy coast guards!
In Europe, yes... The Brexit negotiations have largely revolved around this.
Amazing video Oliver!
When at 9:50 you say Iceland has had a democracy for one thousand years you are only partially correct. What is now Iceland's parliament, Alþingi, was founded in 930 AD where the major landowners in Iceland had most of the voting power, it was more of an oligarchy. Then under the norwegian, later danish, rule Alþingi lost most of it's powers. When Iceland started to get home rule Alþingi was reinstated.
Besides that, nice video.
The major landowners were representatives of the people living with them on their land, if they didn’t do a good job they could lose that land
You are rignt, but we are the fyrst democratet nation.
But that is democracy? just not a majority democracy same as ancient greece; The actual start of democracy.
Only thing he said in the video that I would have said anything about :)
@@ursulafilmer8217 First?
Proud to be Icelandic 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸
The flag is not showing up for me so you have to understand how funny "Pround to be Icelandic ISIS ISIS" is
Having land devoid of value and super far away from everyone else is a key step in icelands "Avoids war" culture.
Great summary and great work on pronouncing eyjafjallajökull :)
Pronunciation was 5/10
While Britain lost all three Cod Wars, but they were not trying to land in the country. When they did invade Iceland in 1940, they found it very easy. So Iceland is NOT hard to invade.
They tried to bring fish and chips
😂
thats cuz iceland had no military
yeah invaded civilians homes with 25.000 men and came unnoticed what a flex... the average icelandic man would body any of england's little men
It's membership in nato is what makes its geographical position important, because the interference of naval ships over that vast stretch of ocean is what makes the supply lines so hard to set up, not because the ocean is large. If Iceland was instead allied to China and US/Canada/UK was invading, the fact its surrounded by so much ocean would be a non-sequiter.
You know they made Eve Online right? They have the fighting spirit. Just no boarding neighbors to war with. So they digitized it.
Yes but it's owned by South Korea
@@jasonhaven7170 yeah they sold sold the company i think
Universal problem: ALL ideologies are plagued by corruption and directly responsible for global division.
Universal solution: A pure and permanent global democracy driven by a secure and transparent technology.
"The time is upon us when the wretched of the earth unite to scream in revolt!"
"Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
Global Online Democracy Systems (GODS) is an APP and idea whose time has come; it can permanently place power in the hands of the majority of the people and not just the Global Power Elites!
"Fight the Power - Global Declaration of Independence" (RUclips video) offers a unique and viable global solution to global problems. Share this concept with everyone and be the spark that ignites a global revolution for all people for all time!
you don't need a military when every other man looks like the mountain
Amazing video! Love the quality you always achieve.
OBF: Iceland is immune to wars.
Icelandic cod fisherman: Hold my cod!
Yawn
@@balabanasireti You're a yawn!
Very impressive collection of clips
4:57 you said Iceland took loan from Russia, we did not... there was discussion about getting a loan from Russia, but ultimately we did not do it.
0:08 I never thought I’d live to see the day Ireland was the third most peaceful country in the world
France and Germany one day just decided to stop fighting each other in devastating wars every one or two generations and instead become best friends.
Things really can change completely in a short time if people really want to.
Thanks for this very enlightening video.
You kind of said it but you explained it, Iceland is definitely not immune to war, they are the opposite, it’s an extremely strategical location for a world war or a war including North America or Europe
Floki would be proud
Iceland is part of the Scandinavian brotherhood, we have their backs in any event.
Unlike Russia, we love our lil bro. Even if it stings that they are so much better than us at football.
Oliver, where do you find this awesome music in your videos? You always seem to pick the right ones but it wouldn't shazam
Best regards from Iceland 🖐
I've been living here for 6 years and I have still learned few interesting things from your video, thanks 😊
To answer your final question. In my opinion it's gonna be both. Center of attention and no wars. Unless the Gulfstream stops, then we're gonna just freeze here 🤷♂️
Well, it is Iceland
Lol same
I am not sure it's as easy as you try to portray it to be. Because it's so strategically relevant, the Brits and later Americans occupied Iceland during WWII and controlled its exports to Germany AGAINST Iceland's wishes for neutrality. Sure, they're prob glad they werent in the German (or later Soviet sphere), but they had no say in this either. No army, no choice. Their location might make them immune to the need for its own army, but it does not make them immune to foreign occupation or becoming a theatre of war.
EDIT: I agree, people should get medals for pronouncing that volcano's name. Also yes, the US put a lot of pressure on the UK to stop the cod wars. Just as they undermined the UK a few other times.
Just forget the names like we have forgotten the Native America name for stuff.
"the Brits and later Americans occupied Iceland during WWII and controlled its exports to Germany AGAINST Iceland's wishes for neutrality. Sure, they're prob glad they werent in the German (or later Soviet sphere), but they had no say in this either. "
There's probably a good reason why the Icelandic people aren't banging on about not being allowed to be neutral towards the Nazis though
Cool video! Thanks!
They just give Magnus a axe and send him forward and everybody flees in terror.
Not to mention the Mountain...
coolest video i watched this week! thanks mate
“It has somehow accomplished this with no military”
Yeah. That’s sort of an important thing. Other places should try it.
So true.
It's a peace index. Not having a military is a plus.
lunancy, its peaceful because its in the middle of nowhere surrounded by ocean with its nearest neighbors being the most stable democracies in the world. Its unique geographic position eliminates the need for a military.
Think of Ukraine? a mostly landlocked country with its closest neighbor being aggressive. If there was no Ukrainian military, there would be no Ukraine.
Every volcano in Iceland is a secret military base.
Other nations aren't positioned in a spot between NATO and Russia as a way to literally hostage hold on your safety within these parameters.
You are a fool if you think every nation in the world can NOT have a military and achieve what iceland has achieved.
If you guys were located close to any other peninsula you would have been a colony of some nation that does practise warfare.
-“It’s impractical to invade Iceland”
-*Laughs in Norse*
Let’s change that in Vicky III.
I'm taking over Iceland whatre they gonna do lol
icelandic mafia..🦁💪🤣
Actually, Iceland was invaded by the United Kingdom during World War Two, it was a nonviolent invasion of custodial nature.
My grandfather was stationed in Iceland and he said black soldiers weren’t allowed in the country until the 70s
That's true. Iceland wanted to keep its racial purity back then. It's fortunately history now.
It's mostly because they know how to mind their own Goddamn business.
Genuinely wondered if they had an army. RUclips recommendations are wild! These days..
Our problem right now are four ableist political parties. Thanks for the coverage.
The fishing industry has become our biggest curse. There's only a handful of families that control the fish and they make billions from it. The constant instability of our currency works in their interest as most of the fish is sold to other countries, so if the Króna gets weaker they get more of it when the buyers pay the same price. In 2012 the nation voted and over 65% accepted a new constitution that would change this, however the officials in government who are owned by the fishing companies refuse to honour it, something that has created a lot of tension the past decade. We have a minister of finance that has a massive conflict of interest due to his involvement in the financial industry, to the point where he has told his relatives to buy certain cheap companies just weeks before he himself enacted new laws that made said companies worth significantly more almost overnight. We have a government littered with corruption and we are way to small of a nation to do anything about it.
But we sure are peaceful, eh?
There's no such thing as "not taking sides"
The real reason of why nobody invade iceland is that they won't be able to prononce the street name
Why is there an image of a nuclear plant? We haven't got any of those...
War... War never changes... until it snows.
I disagree. Reason: Iceland's highly strategic location in the Atlantic. In fact, the capital of Reykjavík and the main airport at Keflavík would be first strike targets in order to deny the use of Iceland as a base to operate long-range NATO planes used for anti-submarine and anti-shipping duties.
Great video !❤🇨🇦🇮🇱👍
When the world falls apart Iceland is the place to be.
Iceland is more green and Greenland is more ice...
"WE REFUSE TO FALL!!!"
Glossing over the fact Iceland is a Scandinavian colony which led to the guess by Norway and Denmark was unfortunate and easily could’ve pushed the video to 15mins
if iceland can somehow find oil nearby, it will be so rich
An oil source has been found north-east of the country but the government decided not to utilize it due to environmental issues.
Pros and Cons of being Iceland
Cons: You have no army (except coast guard)
Pros: The entirety of NATO has your back.
Every volcano in Iceland is a secret military base.
no army is pros to me ^^
Yes like Turkey Ice Land sooner or later will have to decide who side there on. They won't be able to play both sides for ever.
Interesting stuff!
The reason why Iceland is the most peaceful country in the world is precisely because of its lack of a military.The fact that Iceland was a democracy centuries before any other country MIGHT just have a bit to do with it as well.
ill change that in a few years
The opening sentence is hilarious:
Iceland is the most peaceful country in the world and they have acchieved it without a military.
Coming next:
This man is the healthiest person and he acchieved it without smoking.
millitary is needed to defend your land
Sweden and Switzerland are incredibly peaceful, neutral nations. How do they maintain that peaceful neutrality? With a well trained and well equipped military.
@@chadgaming8071 @Nolan
Granted, most Countries absolutly need a military for deterence and as a prevention so to say. Sweden and Finland are very good examples, as well as Taiwan or South Korea.
However it really isn't that suprising that the most peaceful nation just happens to be a country LIKE Iceland. First reason being the isolation mentioned in the video Then again iceland doesn't even have the opportunity of building a big military (since the demographics can't really support it, 400k total inhabitants ain't many). And then Iceland has no massive ideological, geographic or religious conflicts going on. And thanks to a functioning democracy it isn't likely to experience civil unrest any time soon.
A Country LIKE this is practically forced as well as encouraged to play their dimplomacy cards optimaly. To ensure safety. By being in Nato and allying with many other big powers as well they play an international mediator role. The risk of gambling this beneficial cooperation with iceland away and the influence a power would loose there by declaring a territorial or ressource war is likely not worth the risk(or any other war for that matter).
This is what makes iceland actually somewhat safe.
Conclusion:
So I'm not saying it wouldn't be possible for the most peaceful country being one with a military presence.
I just think it is not certain enough so ,to be genuinly suprised by that fact that this isn't the case.
Iceland is resistant to war not immune.
Iceland is passive Australia.
We visited Iceland in September and I LOVE the place! Icelanders are so self depreciating and yet the country has to have contingency plans for VOLCANOES! They really don't know how badass they are ❤️
If the apocalypse happens, head for iceland
No thanks. I live in New Zealand and we are way safer than an island that would become an American military base in any serious conflict.
All is fun and games till an art student gets rejected in one of their universities.
"Immune to invasion"
Julius Fucik would lie to have a word.
Great video! Enjoyed watching it!
nice
I mean even their language is unconquerable.
The Hells Angels are the closest thing Iceland has to a military.
strange to say "Iceland doesn't take sides" while they are part of NATO
Well, they founded NATO
Yeah, completely agree. We may be open to doing business with others but we do still take the side of Nato and aren't neutral like Ireland and Austria.
Iceland is smart to remain independent. Anyone can look at the cold war and see that global powers only ever see smaller nation states as pawns rather than equal collaborators. The idea that China would be any kind of aggressor in the Atlantic is also laughable, so there isn't really a need to double down and become further embedded within the US sphere of influence.
Iceland was one of the founders of NATO. We were very much part of the western block!
Bro Iceland was founding NATO member
NATO countries are starting to question their membership.
@@kuriadams9138 no, it is undemocratic parties wanting to re-think their party in NATO
The USSR and USA had the Cold War
Iceland and Great Britain had the Cod War
Noice
Aight time to move there.
I’d say it’s pretty nice living here! Mjög áhugavert, ég vissi ekki einu sinni hvað gerðist hér á landinu 😅
Not after this video...
Personally I think Iceland would fit in well with the EU but honestly they're doing pretty good without the EU as well.
The EU will tax you into oblivion while destroying your sovereignty. In America, we only exist because we rebelled against such. Why would you ever volunteer for it???
@@georgekirby7150 What? The EU doesn’t decide over taxes of its member countries. You’re talking about when the States were British colonies. The Uk isn’t even part of the EU. Also eu countries while giving up some sovereignty get a lot of benefits from it and remain mostly sovereign for now.
@@realtimestatic Because EU countries tax almost all types of income sourced domestically. The result is that those who don't want to pay taxes or keep accounts have to live outside the European Union. So now we get to a point which is the subject of much intense debate.
Look it up yourself if you don't believe me. Also, you would lose your fishing waters sovereignty.
@@georgekirby7150 i know fishing is very important for Iceland but with the Uk it was just a scapegoat. Taxation is still left up to the countries themselves but when it comes to trade tariffs not so much
@@realtimestatic you know the UK is still paying billions to the EU as part of the agreement to seperate? The EU is a vampire. You would regret joining. Guaranteed
Because no one wants do deal with a vulcano
Why? There’s nothing there. Not even McDonalds.
Ireland also has no military.
As opposed to the fake reason?
You forget the true history of how the Vikings settled on Iceland..
I have seen the president of Iceland go into a Subway
personally?
@@therosijedha I saw him cycling around alone once
@@TheGrjon hm
@@therosijedha yes
as a nordic person not hard to believe 😄
Iceland could be the next Hawaii of the 2300 century if global warming reaches expectations, so...
Okay IceLand here i come!
ey the end scene, isnt that the same beach as Floki woke up on in the serie Vikings?
so sad to not see sweden on that top 5 list..
It should be noted that the US did not appoint an ambassador to Iceland for the first 2 1/2 years of the Trump presidency (something tells me they had to remind him that it was a country). When they finally did, he generated a lot of controversy in Iceland for insisting on an armed escort, which nobody does, because it's not an island that requires security due to being so peaceful. Not America's finest hour in American-Icelandic relations
It's not immune to wars. It's just nobody saw need to invade it yet.
you didn't even watch the video did you
Always weird to see my country in videos
As a Canadian I would definitely like to see Iceland featured in more common works. I don't think that we learn anywhere near enough. We are taught Iceland is European, and aside from the Viking Age, when discussing Europe itself, its not usually Iceland that comes up... relatively speaking, of course. If we are talking certain topics, geothermal energy as an example, then of course Iceland is a frequent highlight, but I know Iceland is more than just 3-5 topics.
Ikr
Ég er samála
@@aperturemasa3727 youtube er orðirð furðulegt maður allir talandi um ísland
Sammála
Icelands volcanic fumes led to its global peace. Change my mind
i'm gonna start calling weed volcanic fumes
It is US law besides Nato membership that the USA protect Iceland, just like Taiwan with our own military.
Step 1: Noone wants to conquer it.
They have weaponized fermented shark.
8: 38min, Sir can you please say that again :)..
sorry,, but we never stop laaughting over this way of speaking such a simple word :)
P.s Love the video and the Channel :)
Yes! About the civil war yes exactly!