International competition extended to the continent of Antarctica during the World War II era, though the region saw no combat. During the prelude to war, Nazi Germany organized the 1938 Third German Antarctic Expedition to preempt Norway's claim to Queen Maud Land. The expedition served as the basis for a new German claim, called New Swabia. A year later, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition established two bases, which operated for two years before being abandoned. Responding to these encroachments, and taking advantage of Europe's wartime turmoil, the nearby nations of Chile and Argentina made their own claims. In 1940 Chile proclaimed the Chilean Antarctic Territory in areas already claimed by Britain, while Argentina proclaimed Argentine Antarctica in 1943 in an overlapping
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- Antarctique durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (fr)
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| - L'Antarctique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale couvre les événements survenus sur le continent Austral de 1939 à 1945, en commençant par la troisième expédition antarctique allemande (1938-1939). L'Antarctique au cours de cette période fait l'objet de multiples expéditions scientifiques sans aucune documentation sur les combats se déroulant sur le continent. De nombreux pays tels que la Grande-Bretagne, les États-Unis et d'autres ont cherché à revendiquer des terres en envoyant des forces d'expédition dans l'espoir que la guerre masquerait leurs avancées sur les terres antarctiques. (fr)
- International competition extended to the continent of Antarctica during the World War II era, though the region saw no combat. During the prelude to war, Nazi Germany organized the 1938 Third German Antarctic Expedition to preempt Norway's claim to Queen Maud Land. The expedition served as the basis for a new German claim, called New Swabia. A year later, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition established two bases, which operated for two years before being abandoned. Responding to these encroachments, and taking advantage of Europe's wartime turmoil, the nearby nations of Chile and Argentina made their own claims. In 1940 Chile proclaimed the Chilean Antarctic Territory in areas already claimed by Britain, while Argentina proclaimed Argentine Antarctica in 1943 in an overlapping (en)
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| - International competition extended to the continent of Antarctica during the World War II era, though the region saw no combat. During the prelude to war, Nazi Germany organized the 1938 Third German Antarctic Expedition to preempt Norway's claim to Queen Maud Land. The expedition served as the basis for a new German claim, called New Swabia. A year later, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition established two bases, which operated for two years before being abandoned. Responding to these encroachments, and taking advantage of Europe's wartime turmoil, the nearby nations of Chile and Argentina made their own claims. In 1940 Chile proclaimed the Chilean Antarctic Territory in areas already claimed by Britain, while Argentina proclaimed Argentine Antarctica in 1943 in an overlapping area. In response to the activities of Germany, Chile, Argentina, and the United States, Britain launched Operation Tabarin in 1943. Its objective was to establish a permanent presence and assert Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands Dependencies, as well as to deny use of the area to the Kriegsmarine, which was known to use remote islands as rendezvous points. There was also a fear that Japan might attempt to seize the Falkland Islands. The expedition under Lieutenant James Marr left the Falklands on 29 January 1944. Bases were established on Deception Island, the coast of Graham Land, and at Hope Bay. The research begun by Operation Tabarin continued in subsequent years, ultimately becoming the British Antarctic Survey. In the postwar period, competition continued among Antarctica's claimant powers, as well as the United States and Soviet Union. In the late 1950s, this competition would gave way to a cooperative international framework with the International Geophysical Year and the Antarctic Treaty. (en)
- L'Antarctique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale couvre les événements survenus sur le continent Austral de 1939 à 1945, en commençant par la troisième expédition antarctique allemande (1938-1939). L'Antarctique au cours de cette période fait l'objet de multiples expéditions scientifiques sans aucune documentation sur les combats se déroulant sur le continent. De nombreux pays tels que la Grande-Bretagne, les États-Unis et d'autres ont cherché à revendiquer des terres en envoyant des forces d'expédition dans l'espoir que la guerre masquerait leurs avancées sur les terres antarctiques. (fr)
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