Why America may not have won World War II without its secret weapon: Greenland
via history.state.gov
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On April 9, 1940, Nazi tanks stormed into Denmark. A month later, they blitzed into Belgium, Holland and France. As Americans grew increasingly rattled by the spreading threat, a surprising place became crucial to U.S. national security: the vast, ice-capped island of Greenland. The island, a colony of Denmark’s at the time, was rich in […]