The Cod Wars are often mentioned in Icelandic and British news reporting when either state is involved in a fishery dispute or when there are disputes of some sort between the two countries.

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 …

Jun 21, 2018 · In English, they were simply “the Cod Wars.” Between the late 1940s and 1976, the two island nations of Iceland and the United Kingdom all but declared war—despite the fact that there …

The cod wars were a series of disputes between Britain and Iceland running from the 1950s to the 1970s over the rights to fish in Icelandic waters. Although it was never a war in the conventional …

Using Iceland’s Cod Wars success as a guide for maritime counterinsurgency, four mutually reinforcing elements factor prominently throughout the conflict: greater national willpower, demonstrated …

Jun 12, 2025 · The Cod Wars—yeah, that’s really what they called them—were a string of confrontations between Iceland and Britain from 1958 to 1976. During these years, Iceland managed to expand its …

The Cod Wars and Iceland’s diplomatic success caused the United Nations to agree to a worldwide two hundred nmi EEZ,50 which plays a big role in maritime activities.51

The Cod Wars, also called the Icelandic Cod Wars (Icelandic language: Þorskastríðin, "the cod war", or Landhelgisstríðin, "the war for the territorial waters" [1]), were a series of confrontations in the 1950s …

Although all the political parties supported the claim for Iceland’s dominance over the fishing grounds, only the more isolationist parties were willing to risk Iceland’s good relations with its NATO partners.

Mar 8, 2025 · The Cod Wars can be broken down into three main conflicts, commonly referred to as the First, Second, and Third Cod Wars. The First Cod War (1958–1961) saw Iceland declare a 12 …