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In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order

  • Written by Thomas Robertson, Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Macalester College
In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world orderGreenland's cryolite mine, essential for U.S. airplane production, was below sea level and vulnerable to Nazi sabotage.Reginald Wilcox, ca. 1941. Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College

On April 9, 1940, Nazi tanks stormed into Denmark. A month later, they blitzed into Belgium, Holland and France. As Americans grew increasingly rattled...

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