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Name: North Atlantic weather war

Type: Event

Start: 1942 AD

End: 1944 AD

Parent: World War II

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The Allies and Germany tried to gain a monopoly on weather data in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

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  • March 1943: The Eskimonaes radio and weather station on Clavering Island, Greenland, was captured by German troops on 23 March.
  • April 1943: The Eskimonaes radio and weather station on Clavering Island, Greenland, was captured by German troops on 23 March.
  • September 1942: Beginning in August 1942, the Germans established four clandestine weather stations on the east coast of Greenland.
  • June 1944: On April 22, 1944, six Sledge Patrol members attacked the Bassgeiger weather station. The station was subsequently evacuated on June 3.
  • April 1944: The German base on Sabine was bombed by USAAF bombers from Iceland. It was then seized by a Coast Guard landing party.

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