The Island We Saved, Then Surrendered

Greenland's saga during World War II is a story of abandonment and opportunity squandered. When Nazi Germany tightened its iron grip on Europe, Denmark—then Greenland’s colonial overseer—fell silent under the swastika's shadow. The United States stepped in, not as Greenland's conqueror but as its caretaker, filling a vacuum left by Denmark’s incapacitat…