Greenland, officially called Kalaallit Nunaat, is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of Canada's Nunavut Territory. It is the largest island on Earth. Though closer to North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe since 986. From the 11th through 14th centuries, it was a colony of Norway. The island's capital Nuuk, formerly known as Godthaab or Godthåb, is the world's northernmost capital.
Greenland was home to both American and British weather stations. Military garrisons guarding these stations frequently engaged in small skirmishes during the Second Great War.