Category: Greenland

Pages with category: Greenland

the Arctic 1882: First International Polar Year
the Arctic 1882
First International Polar Year

By the 1870s polar exploration was...

the Arctic 1892: Opening up Greenland
the Arctic 1892
Opening up Greenland

For more than a century, Denmark's...

the Arctic 1909: Race to the North Pole
the Arctic 1909
Race to the North Pole

In 1909 American explorer Robert...

the Arctic 1917: Great War and the Arctic
the Arctic 1917
Great War and the Arctic

In 1914 the Great War broke out in...

the Arctic 1932: Erik the Red's Land
the Arctic 1932
Erik the Red's Land

In return for Denmark abandoning any...

the Arctic 1939: Outbreak of World War II
the Arctic 1939
Outbreak of World War II

While Norway and Denmark were...

the Arctic 1940: Invasion of Denmark and Norway
the Arctic 1940
Invasion of Denmark and Norway

Germany had agreed to a partition of...

the Arctic 1940: Invasion of Iceland
the Arctic 1940
Invasion of Iceland

When the Danish government...

the Arctic 1941: Greenland Protectorate
the Arctic 1941
Greenland Protectorate

Concerned about the possibility of a...

Europe 1941: Germany in the Mediterranean
Europe 1941
Germany in the Mediterranean

By April, Germany was ready to...

North America 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
North America 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor

Over the course of 1941, US...

the Arctic 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
the Arctic 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor

By late 1941, the still neutral...

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