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cod war
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cod war
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of three disputes that occurred in 1958, 1972-73, and 1975-76 between Britain and Iceland, concerning Iceland's unilateral extension of her fishing limits


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95 Hardcover VA454 This history of the Royal Navy in the postwar years features accounts of campaigns and deployments during the Cold War, the Cod Wars, the Falklands War and the Gulf War.
The fact that many moved out of fishing and sometimes out of the area when the fleet was severely cut back after the Cod Wars has made life more difficult for the company.
But it was during the Cod Wars of the 1970s that Mr Hester endured his most dangerous days at sea.
 
 
 
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