From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

The Four Chaplains Day observance, Feb. 3, 2025, marks 82 years since Fox, Washington, Poling and Goode selflessly sacrificed ...

Despite his confidence, the Danes rejected the proposition. The closest the U.S. came to acquiring Greenland was during and in the immediate aftermath of World War II when it occupied the island. The ...

Trump’s bid for the Arctic territory was laughed off as a joke. Now, it’s gaining traction and provoking jitters in Europe.

[Photo: @DonaldJTrumpJr] The US has had a military presence in Greenland since World War II, when the US military occupied the island to prevent a Nazi takeover. In 1946, at the outset of the Cold ...

William Taft tried again in 1910. And Harry Truman made an attempt in 1946, after the US had occupied Greenland during World War II. With Greenland reportedly replete with reserves of diamonds ...

And the US occupied Greenland during World War II, officially to prevent any other nation accessing it, a situation that ended after the war in 1946 with president Harry Truman again trying to buy it.

The U.S. also offered Denmark $100 million for Greenland after World War II. Instead, Washington got a defense treaty centered on Thule Air Base, now Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. military’s ...

The American fighter Lockheed P-38 Lightning from the World War II era, whose wreck is located off the coast of Wales (near ...

In a bold and controversial move, US President designate Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants to purchase Greenland, a massive island in the Arctic located between North America and Russia ...