The three hundred year old gate of the North Atlantic, fortified from the east and forced from the west.
Acting officials override the statutory holds. Truman loads out at Norfolk. Naval planners report that surprise no longer exists north of the sixtieth parallel.
Five heavy transports land at Keflavik in sleet. Royal Marines, French fusiliers, a SAMP/T battery on the Reykjanes lava, and Typhoons on continuous patrol. Iceland's demilitarised status ends overnight.
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 Althing.
Norfolk is moving. Whatever the hold was, it is not a hold any more.