The island’s residents have voted in favor of a party that seeks gradual independence from Denmark. But Greenland has ...

The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas.

U.S. occupies Greenland because of concerns that Nazi Germany could use the island as a base for attacks on North America. The occupation was carried out under an agreement with Denmark’s ...

Archival photos show how Greenland became a Danish territory and why the United States is seeking to take control of the ...

There was an American plan to acquire Greenland through a trade of different islands. But that didn’t go anywhere either. And then, in World War II, Nazi Germany took over Denmark as part of its ...

That has made it crucial to the defense of North America since World War II, when the U.S. occupied Greenland to ensure that it didn’t fall into the hands of Nazi Germany and to protect crucial ...

In the 1860s, Secretary of State William Seward commissioned a report that contemplated purchasing Greenland. During World War II, the U.S. occupied the island to prevent its falling into Nazi hands; ...

Greenland is located to the northeast of Canada ... refused to surrender to the rule of Denmark's Nazi occupiers. Denmark was liberated from Nazi occupation in 1945, but the U.S. did not leave ...

Elon Musk appeared to make a Nazi salute as he celebrated the start of Donald Trump's second term as US president. Trump’s new administration has said it will acquire Greenland and Panama, defunded ...

That has made it crucial to the defense of North America since World War II, when the U.S. occupied Greenland to ensure that it didn’t fall into the hands of Nazi Germany and to protect crucial ...