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A brief history of US military bases in Greenland

The Thule (Pituffik) airbase, US air force's northernmost base, in the island of Greenland, October 2019.
The Thule (Pituffik) airbase, US air force's northernmost base, in the island of Greenland, October 2019. Photograph: Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters

US defence of Greenland

From our own correspondent
12 April 1941

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