Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I te hinganga o Denmark i te Paenga-whāwhā 1940, ka waiho te koroni Danish o Greenland hei rohe kore o te whenua e nohoia ana, i raro i te kaha o te hopu e te United Kingdom, Canada ranei. Hei ārai i tēnei, i mahi ngā Hononga o Amerika ki te whakarite i te tūnga o Greenland. Heoi, i te tomokanga mai o te Hononga o Amerika ki te pakanga i te Hakihea 1941, ka uru a Greenland ki te pakanga.