World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.

Greenland in World War II

The fall of Denmark in April 1940 left the Danish colony of Greenland an unoccupied territory of an occupied nation, under the possibility of seizure by the United Kingdom, United States or Canada. To forestall this, the United States acted to guarantee Greenland's position. On…

North Atlantic weather war

Conflicts over the control of meteorological data during the Second World War

The North Atlantic weather war occurred during World War II. The Allies and the Axis tried to gain a monopoly on weather data in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Meteorological intelligence was important as it affected military planning and the routing of ships and convoys.…

April 22

Day of the year

April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 253 days remain until the end of the year.