US Buys Greenland (Alternative History)

In this alternative history, the United States of America buys the island of Greenland towards the aftermath of World War Two.

The US's ambition to buy Greenland began when the Soviet Union invaded more then it was supposed to, surrounded Denmark and invaded it. Because the US was scared of communism and didn't want it near the US, it was afraid that the Soviet Union would take Greenland because it had invaded Denmark. When the UK took over the Faroe Islands, the US felt they were justified to launch an "invasion" on Greenland. With the help of Iceland, Canadian, and even Greenish forts they began taking over Greenland from all sides. Soviet ships arrived in a US controlled territory of Greenland on October 21st, 1945 and were surprised to find out that the US had took over nearly all of Greenland. Mainly because WW2 had just ended the Soviet Union didn't want to risk war with the US and decided to let them have Greenland. On October 30th, 1945 all of Greenland was annexed by the United States. Immediately, forty thousand US troops and tons of supplies were transported to Greenland. US aircraft bases, naval bases, military bases, and forts were transported to Greenland and build. Soon nearly the entire base of Greenland's economy was built on the military bases. Greenland's positioning was perfect for a Soviet Union invasion and a supply in Europe. In 1962 during the Cuban Missel Crisis over seventeen thousand American soldiers and up to four hundred planes, sixty-nine tanks, thirteen submarines, nineteen ships, and 6 tons worth of amination and guns were sent to Greenland. However, when the Vietnam War began in 1964 nearly a fourth of military supplies and soldiers were sent to fight in Vietnam. Though the advanced bases and forts in Greenland stayed behind a lot of the population and a big slump of the economy went down.

In 1976 most soldiers returned however, Operation Green was executed by President Gerald Ford to help make Greenland actually Green and make it more enjoyable for the thousands of soldiers there. Using "warm-bombs" and solar energy and nucleic energy to warm up Greenland. Though Operation Green succeeded, President Jimmy Carter ended the operation when rumors of floods as a result of the crashing of glaciers came to be. In 1982, Greenland was allowed to elect "shadow-senators" and a Military-Governor. A Republican wave occurred when both seats of the Senate were filled by Republicans and the Military Governor was given to Oliver North. From 1983-1989 North served as Governor, he created the Greenland legislation the Greenish Military Council, created taxes that would be for the territory, and helped increase the population rate. In 1987, the United States wanted Oliver North to tax Greenland for the United States. North refused and said he would only tax Greenland if Greenland was given state-hood. Because Greenland was slightly above the population limit for statehood, Congress allowed the question to be battled out on the Congress floors. Greenland was lucky to be given statehood however, most Democrats who didn't want Greenland to gain statehood were happy when in 1988, Puerto Rico was given statehood.

In 1988, Oliver North won as the first Governor of Greenland and was happy to enjoy a Republican legislation and both of the US Senators and the One Congressman being Republicans. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and in 1992 President George H. W. Bush crushed the Greenish economy by taking nearly half of the soldiers and supplies in Greenland. Still, North did his best during his second term to make rules for Greenland and improve the economy by being a military production state. In 2001 after the September 11th attacks and the War on Terror nearly all of the forts were abandoned. The economy collapsed in 2002 and the Greenish Treasury declared bankrupts under the reign of the second Greenland Governor George S. Patton IV. In 2019, mainly due to the War on Terror ending and Russia-Ukraine tensions President Donald Trump helped revive the economy by sending more soldiers. In 2020, former Greenland Governor Oliver North was elected Governor where he currently serves. Despite Greenland voting Republican for the first time since 1992 and voting for a Republican Governor for the first time since 2004, President Donald Trump was not re-elected and Joe Biden was elected President. Both Greenland Governor Oliver North and 76.4% of Greenish citizens despise Joe Biden as of 2022. In 2022, Greenland was the main shipping port of Ukraine supplies.