Six hours, no resupply, no air cover, against a MEB with naval gunfire and Cobras, in sleet.
Whatever else is said this week: 45 Commando held Keflavik for six hours. That is not a defeat anyone should be embarrassed by.
@GreyFuncOps · 9 Feb 2026 · 14:10
Six hours, no resupply, no air cover, against a MEB with naval gunfire and Cobras, in sleet.
Whatever else is said this week: 45 Commando held Keflavik for six hours. That is not a defeat anyone should be embarrassed by.
Aster interceptors light the sky over Reykjanes at 02:40 UTC. By 11:20 the British commander surrenders with his ammunition gone. By 15:30 there are armed cordons around the Althin…