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1941 Wartime Pact

The 1941 wartime pact between Denmark and the US granted the US sweeping authority to establish and use facilities in Greenland.

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Jan 21, 2026

Is Greenland actually at risk of invasion?

faces heightened rhetoric and some preparatory actions that have made , but multiple authoritative sources report that an actual military operation has not been ordered and remains unlikely in the nea...

Jan 21, 2026

What were the terms and diplomatic negotiations behind the 1917 sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States?

acquired — , and — under the Convention of 4 August 1916 for a cash payment of $25 million in gold; the treaty was ratified by both governments in late 1916–early 1917 and the U.S. took formal possess...

Jan 21, 2026

How did the 1951 Denmark–U.S. defense agreement formally change U.S. rights in Greenland compared with the 1941 pact?

The –U.S. Defense Agreement formally replaced the and converted near‑unrestricted American basing rights into a peacetime, ‑framed arrangement that specified defense areas and tied U.S. presence to al...

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