The First Royal Marine Battalion in Iceland

On May 3rd, the second Royal Marine Battalion stationed in Surrey was given orders to be ready to travel to an unknown destination on two hours' notice. They didn't know if they would be welcome or if there would be resistance. The ships finally set out and were off the coast of Iceland on the early morning of May 10th. At 1.47 a.m., the commander of the operation sent out one of their supermarine walrus reconnaissance aircraft to provide reconnaissance of the Reykjavik harbor. As Iceland had no airplanes that flew at night, the sound woke up many people in town, and the Prime Minister was notified. An Icelandic police officer saw a small flotilla

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