Freebird
Master Sergeant
Iceland would have two alternatives, allow the Allies to use its facilities or starve, Simple
Then the Allies have use of the airfields that can be upgraded and control of a large amount of the Atlantic.
True enough Glider, although the importance will diminish quite a bit with the convoys routing through Azores instead of the North Atlantic. A better route too, IMO the seas are calmer, allowing for more use of aircraft, it also is easier on the crews, and not so freezing. Did you serve on a ship Glider?
I should comment its all so bloody easy for us to sit here and say "patrol there", but for long term sustainablity the N. Atlantic would wear down the crews much more than a route across the "horse latitudes" {doldrums}
Tim I'm not sure that the US was capable of sending much to Iceland before May, either from a political or military point of view.
We will probably have to give a rough estimate of the total # of regiments squadrons available to Britain, and decide how much could be sent overseas. They were pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel for equipped troops. Now today, you I know that Germany didn't really have a chance to invade after Nov during the winter of 40/41, but the British were very reluctant to send much out, they didn't want to take any chances