The Greenland War

The Poarter

Banned
War Crimes

Since every war needs war crimes I'm thinking about adding a few. These are the three I've come up with. Two on the Danish side, one on the Greenland Revolutionaries.

Danish War Crimes:​
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The single use of white phosphorus by Denmark, was one of the three major war crimes committed in the Greenland War. According to Danish critics, the soldiers using the White Phosphorus believed that they were attacking a military convoy. However because of mistaken identity, they ended up killing 47 Civilians in the process.

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The second War crime the Danish military is accused of is the mass grave and execution of 103 civilians ten kilometers north Tasiilaq. The grave was discovered by Norwegian forces who were forced to be silenced before one of them leaked the location to Red-Cross officials. The soldier in question may face charges.

Theories range on why such a large violation of human rights were arranged by the normally upstanding Danish forces, although most First Nations people believe it is attributed to racism.

One Canadian captured revolutionary has to say in an interview, "It's because we're not white. They don't care about us. You think this war would have happened had we been white? Don't kid yourself. Europeans like to say they're the most tolerant people in the world. That they're not racist. That's a lie. The racism is simply more subtle and never comes up because everyone in the society believes in it."

Greenland Revolutionary War Crimes:​

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It is believed, that over the five days of Icelandic Occupation by the Greenland Revolutionaries, about 100 women were kidnapped and gang-raped. This number has been convulsed by various sources as rape is much more difficult to understand and to prove. Further-more the Greenland Revolutionary force denies all claims.

On the other hand, dozens of Icelandic witnesses, noticed the several members of the Revolutionaries kidnapping women on the streets. At least six videos have surfaced proving this fact. Greenland continues to deny all claims. Furthermore 17 women were found at various houses in different states and conditions.

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What do you think guys? Too much?
 

Pangur

Donor
It think its a great idea. A conflict like that would be dangerous in the extreme forD enmark et al. The side shows would be something else by which I mean support for the rebels in the form of demonstations in Europe. Its well worth having a crack at this
 

The Poarter

Banned
Alberta General Election, 2008

Night Before Election Between Premier Candidates on CBC

Ed Stelmach: Now the way I see it, the pipeline creates thousands of jobs for the province of Alberta. We move forward with this proposal and we sand to bring more than fifty billion onto the table for the people of Alberta.

Kevin Taft: Does the term War mean anything to you. We're building up on Native Canadian lands if we go through with your proposal. I for one do not want to see house to house fighting in Calgary or Cold Lake.

Paul Hinman: Not really. The way I see it, those people are Native Canadians and Canadians have a history of being peaceful. Think of what they can gain. Sure they protest a little but once the benefits are seen, there's now way the Cree would admonish our decision.

Brian Mason: We shouldn't be building the pipeline in the first place, let alone considering it. They might be Native Canadians but that doesn't give us the right to treat them like this. The First Nations of Alberta have almost no one to turn and the three of you seem to not be willing to do anything. We can't use the oil-sands. Not if I become Premier.

The Alberta election would be won by the Liberal Party of Alberta. Final elections results are as Followed:
Liberals: 38
Progressive Conservatives: 31
New Democratic Party: 14
 

The Poarter

Banned
Battle of Greenland

Canada: Operation Winter's Contingency
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Denmark: Operation Cliffhanger
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Norway: Operation Iron Keg​

The Invasion of Iceland and Greenland went by many names for Canada, Norway and Denmark. For the rest of the world it was merely the final days of the war.

On February 25th, 2008, the Danish and Norwegian military invaded Iceland from the east by using the Faroe Islands as a starting point. Clearing land-mines and avoiding ambushes was somewhat difficult. Despite this nearly half of the Greenland Revolutionary Force surrendered at the sight of Danish and Norwegian Forces. Within ten hours the country was in Danish and Norwegian hands.

The Death Toll of by the end of the invasion of Iceland was as follows:

Iceland: 6
Denmark: 11
Norway: 27
Greenland: 23

The Arctic Coalition's casualties was mostly due to IEDs and friendly-fire issues. Nevertheless, 14 soldiers lost their lives that day due to house to house fighting. IT would greatly for shadow the events of the following day.

On the other side of Greenland, Canada has successfully invaded the country by using Hans Island as a starting point. This was done despite the displeasure of the displeasure of the Danish. The Initially landings were postponed however due to the riots in Winnipeg. As a result the Canadian government would be landing on the same day as Denmark and Norway instead of the day before.

This would lead to disaster on both sides.
 

Redbeard

Banned
Quite entertaining but I'll also have to say ASB.

Among other reasons because if Greenland (or Faroe Islands) really wanted full independence (ie no grants from Denmark) they could get it instantly.

Some years ago, when it seemed more realistic that oil and various minerals could be dug out in Greenland there were quite many Greenlanders hoping for full independence, which wasn't at all rejected in Denmark. Not all Greenlanders wanted independence though and today independence is rarely mentioned in Greenland (as they realise their dependence on Danish aid will not end soon), but a growing number of Danes don't see the point of sending billions of kroners to Greenland (or Faroe Islands) on top of accelerating expenses to Artic defence (vs the Russians) - shut up or get lost!

If war in Greenland (or FI) it would rather be a civil war which I doubt Denmark would interfere in - get out of there ASAP.
 
yeah, problematic for several reasons ... First one i catch sight of is calling Greenlanders "Native Canadian People" as while they might be in ethnic relations with Inuits across the sea, they have no commonality with the Canadian government. Second being a militant uprising, when they have but to ask to be released from Denmark, although all but the most fundementalistic-nationalistic argee that the Greenlandic Economy would take a massive nosedive to similar levels as low-resource pacific islands, as they produce next to nothing and have to import just about everything (main realistic income short of sudden raise in profit for devilishly hard to get resources, would be eco-tourists, and a bit of fishing which only barely would be able to make a profit after they eat what they can themselves). Thirdly that Iceland supplies the weaponry, as Iceland is the only NATO country that have no standing army, but only a small coastal guard with what ammounts to side-arms and some Anti-Air, and a few naval artillery pieces (on their 3 ships)

To get it to happen you'd have to have quite a few much earlier PoDs, and mass distribution of Idiot Balls
 

The Poarter

Banned
Interesting. Please continue.

Most of the story will take place of snippets and background details. Dates will be provided but I will not given anything chronologically. It will be up to you as the reader to make the proper conclusions and read between the lines. Anyway here's a snippet:

... The Greenland War was unique as it was one of the first instances in which Scandinavia and Canada faced a conflict so close to home. This had enormous political consequences on the various countries. Most would elect vastly different parties in government the in the immediate aftermath and mismanagement of the Armed Forces...

…The countries which who lost the most people, proportionally, ended up electing governments further to the right. On the other hand Norway and Canada chose to further elect government to the left …

Denmark:

… Denmark chose to elect a very conservative government in wake of the war with Venstre receiving 69 seats, followed by the Danish People’s Party who received 27 seats. The Conservative People’s Party would receive 27 seats in the new government, thus showing a dramatic shift to the right…

…Lars Løkke Rasmussen would go on to be the newly elected Prime Minister of Denmark. With a newly conservative parliament he would easily be able to pass through many bills that would have seem controversial years prior …

Iceland​

… Iceland’s re-election of Geir Haarde, came as no surprise to the European committee. His tough stance on crime, various civil disobedience groups was expected.
…Furthermore, Haarde would later implement Mandatory conscription on the Population of Iceland, while also raising a standing armed force, independent of any other country. His actions would cause Iceland to develop an extensive international military arms industry which would sell its weapons to Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and Argentina...

Canada​

…Canada’s federal election took place in October later that year and would be gravely effected by the war. Furthermore, like Denmark, Canada had an enormous Native American minority. In light of these fears and the various protests movements occurring throughout the country, the conservative parliament would later be ousted. In its place the Liberals, with the New Prime Minister Stephane Dion would win 108 seats in Parliament. The official opposition Leader Jack Layton’s New Democratic Party would win 87 seats, a record for the party. The conservative Party won merely 82 seats, with the Bloc Quebecois and Greens trailing behind at 26 and 5 respectively.


Prime Minister Stephane Dion’s notable achievements would be the removal of all Canadian forces from Afghanistan, implementing improved Native Canadian laws, stopping the Keystone Pipeline and nuclear power plant construction. However most notably, he would pass electorial reform, making causing following elections to be tallied via the Preferential Voting, with the aid of NDP opposition …

Norway

… In 2009, the people of Norway chose to re-elect Jens Stoltenberg, as the Prime Minister of Norway. He would be re-elected with 70 seats, in light of his management of the armed forces. The Progress and Conservative parties would be reduced to 19 and 11 seats respectively. The Greenland War further caused a rise in popularity for the Socialist Left and Centre Party who would gain 30 and 16 seats. The Christian Democrat parties lost 3 seats from the prior election while the Liberals gained 5 additional seats.
Various factors can be attributed to this …

… Stoltenberg would also be one of the few heads of state to maintain his public image and in fact flourished. This can be attributed to his extensive hands-off policy. So long as the people in charge are doing their jobs, he would and had not applied political pressure. His parliament would later see the implementation of various environmentally friendly laws, aid to Greenland, increased minimum wage and increased corporate taxes …

-The Northern Alliance, Sanjan Rahman
 
Most of the story will take place of snippets and background details. Dates will be provided but I will not given anything chronologically. It will be up to you as the reader to make the proper conclusions and read between the lines. Anyway here's a snippet:

I remember in a transcript for some Arctic Conference the American ambassador jokingly stated that South Korea was more interested than the US was in Iceland. Although that was to point out that the US needs to focus on the arctic it still proves the fact that South Korea is interestingly active in Arctic politics. Perhaps they can help the Icelanders in remilitarising or something to that effect.
 

The Poarter

Banned
Omake:​

"Oh Great leader Putin, our preperations to invade Georgia are complete."

"Shut up Dmitry. I want to see those Western Pigs invade Greenland. Now pass me the vodka Viktor."

"With honor."
 
Omake:​

"Oh Great leader Putin, our preperations to invade Georgia are complete."

"Shut up Dmitry. I want to see those Western Pigs invade Greenland. Now pass me the vodka Viktor."

"With honor."

Now that right there, my friend, is comedy gold. :cool:
 

Devvy

Donor
It's definitely an entertaining read, even if the likelihood is rather extreme. Kudos on that; this place needs entertaining pieces :)

Meanwhile, Iceland finds itself investigating itself since most of the arms fuelling the revolutionaries of Greenland came from the country. The police raid a warehouse but since they didn't have the necessary equipment and underestimated the scale they found themselves overpowered. The icelandic government faces a coup by a group no larger than 41 people because of the lack of functioning military equipment on Iceland's part.

Iceland may not have a military, but it does have armed police with guns, and the general populace has a significant number of guns themselves. Any revolutionaries with guns will easily be able to walk in, but maintaining control will be a problem - the Althingi is in the middle of Reykjavik, a poor location for defence.

Iceland’s re-election of Geir Haarde, came as no surprise to the European committee. His tough stance on crime, various civil disobedience groups was expected.
…Furthermore, Haarde would later implement Mandatory conscription on the Population of Iceland, while also raising a standing armed force, independent of any other country. His actions would cause Iceland to develop an extensive international military arms industry which would sell its weapons to Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and Argentina...

You realise the population of Iceland is tiny right? The total population is 330,000'ish, with about 160,000 of working age. Any military of a reasonable size will have severe ramifications on the economy due to loss of manpower. And if it's a token military, say 5,000 people (already 3% of working age people), then what's the point?
 
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