Greenland is a massive land with a tiny population, and it relies on fishing, government support, and Denmark’s financial aid to survive. But why are global superpowers suddenly so interested in this ...

First created during the Cold War, Project Iceworm saw the US plan to store hundreds of ballistic missiles in a system of ...

As the Cold War intensified at the end of the 1950s, the U.S. Army devised a plan to build a sprawling launch site for ...

The most serious bid to incorporate Greenland was made in 1946, when former President Harry S. Truman made a post-World War II offer to buy the island from Denmark for $100 million in gold, which ...

74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-89s, Thule Air Base, Greenland, 1955. [Photo: United States Air Force] Denmark served as a close ally of American imperialism throughout the Cold War.

Denmark has become one of the few countries in the world to conscript women for military service, as the country seeks to ...

Finally, the almost-certain illegality of any attempt to seize Greenland against the will of its people and the Danish government means that if Trump directs the U.S. military to engage in such an ...

Greenland is onethird as large as the continental United States with ice a mile thick covering 90% of the island. A full meltdown of the Greenland Ice Cap would cause all world oceans to rise 20 feet.

Denmark Leader Visits Greenland in Trump Tug-of-War. Published Apr 02, 2025 at 5:52 AM EDT Updated Apr 02, 2025 at 5:56 AM EDT. By . Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK.

This war over weather intelligence helped reignite U.S. interest in Greenland. Germany occupied Denmark, enabling it to receive data from Danish weather stations on the island.

Greenland’s size — 836,330 square miles — also offers Mr. Trump, a former Manhattan developer, the chance to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals.