Iceland officially becomes a republic following the Icelandic constitutional .referendum, where over 95% of voters chose independence from Denmark. This decision was made after the Treaty of Union with Denmark expired in 1943, and with Denmark still under German occupation, Icelanders opted to establish their own republic.
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