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'Our livelihoods were devastated by the infamous Cod Wars'

Most people born after 1980 will have little more than a fleeting 'rings a bell' concept of the Cod Wars. But for those who ...
The Guardian

Archive, 1975: Iceland opens fire on British vessel

The two European Nato countries clash in the third cod war over fishing rights in the Atlantic After the second world war Iceland began to gradually extend the fishing zone around its coastline. The ...