Greenland's Icy Fury

Greenland's Icy Fury
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 089096579X
ISBN-13 : 9780890965795
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Book Synopsis Greenland's Icy Fury by : Wallace R. Hansen

Download or read book Greenland's Icy Fury written by Wallace R. Hansen and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hitler's Nazis as well as the Allies knew that Greenland's white expanse was a virtual weather factory that played a key role in the day-to-day weather of the North Atlantic shipping lanes and the battlefields of western Europe. Ironically, few people today even realize that American troops were stationed in Greenland during World War II or what obscure role these troops played.


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