> These protests were met with mockery. From the British Embassy in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, the ambassador, Andrew Gilchrist, serenaded them by playing the bagpipes and blasting military music over his gramophone.
> While it might seem unprofessional today, the ambassador’s confidence was not unfounded. With merely seven patrolling vessels and only one PBY-6A Catalina flying boat under their jurisdiction, there was very little Iceland could do to resist the British from behaving as they wanted.
*PS: oh yeah, spoilers, Iceland won. Nice.
N9neFing3rs on
Here comes the British being absolute tossers, wondering why everyone boos their FIFA teams.
GuyLookingForPorn on
>Andrew Gilchrist, serenaded them by playing the bagpipes
Honestly what a chad, you don’t get politicians like you used to.
Heavy-Ad-9186 on
Based
FuddFucker5000 on
Didn’t America kinda handle this? By telling England to fuck off from an attic base country? Correct me if im wrong.
5 Comments
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-cod-wars-explained-the-conflict-between-iceland-and-britain
> In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war, to some degree. The Cod Wars were a series of disputes between Britain and Iceland which took place between the 1950s to the 1970s. The clash between the two nations was concerning the rights to fish in Icelandic waters.
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel/the-cod-wars-in-iceland/
> Britain enflames the Cod Wars conflict
> These protests were met with mockery. From the British Embassy in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, the ambassador, Andrew Gilchrist, serenaded them by playing the bagpipes and blasting military music over his gramophone.
> While it might seem unprofessional today, the ambassador’s confidence was not unfounded. With merely seven patrolling vessels and only one PBY-6A Catalina flying boat under their jurisdiction, there was very little Iceland could do to resist the British from behaving as they wanted.
*PS: oh yeah, spoilers, Iceland won. Nice.
Here comes the British being absolute tossers, wondering why everyone boos their FIFA teams.
>Andrew Gilchrist, serenaded them by playing the bagpipes
Honestly what a chad, you don’t get politicians like you used to.
Based
Didn’t America kinda handle this? By telling England to fuck off from an attic base country? Correct me if im wrong.