Forgotten US Cold War history in Greenland
By Sarah Kaplan
The villagers of Uummannaq were given just four days to leave their homes ...
Over the course of the Cold War, the United States constructed more than a dozen military installations in Greenland. Many were ultimately abandoned ...
Before ... Trump began talking about acquiring the island territory, many of Greenland’s 56,000 citizens hoped that stronger ties to the U.S. would bring opportunities for tourism and investment ... But ... the president’s comments and Vance’s visit have evoked more negative memories of past U.S. involvement ...
Because Denmark officially barred nuclear weapons from its territory ... operations were conducted without the full knowledge of Danish authorities or Greenlandic civilians ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/28/greenland-us-bases-history-vance/