British occupation of the Faroe Islands on 9 April 1940, British forces launched "Operation Valentine" to occupy the Faroe Islands. On 11 April, Winston Churchill — then First Lord of the Admiralty — announced to the House of Commons that the Faroe Islands would be occupied: We are also at this moment occupying the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark and which are a strategic point of high importance, and whose people showed every disposition to receive us with warm regard. We shall shield the Faroe Islands from all the severities of war and establish ourselves there conveniently by sea and air until the moment comes
Flora of the Faroe Islands Flora of the Faroe Islands The flora of the Faroe Islands consists of over 400 different plant species. Most of the lowland area is grassland and some is heather mainly "Calluna vulgaris". The Faroese nature is characterized by the lack of trees, and resembles that of Connemara and Dingle in Ireland. Among the numerous herbaceous flora that occur in the Faroe Islands is the marsh thistle, "Cirsium palustre". There are no native forests in the Faroe Islands, and only a few woody plants occur. Findings of "Betula pubescens" trunks and branches in the soil, dated to c. 2300 BC, and