Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, August 19th


Churchill in Iceland


Churchill in Iceland
The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, being greeted by local people in Iceland after visiting the Regent in Reykjavik. With him is the British Minister, Sir Howard Smith, and behind him is Ensign Franklin D Roosevelt, Jr, the son of the American President. Churchill visited Iceland in mid-August 1941, en route to England, following his Atlantic Conference with President Roosevelt.