<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/denmark" rel="" target="" title="Danish troops"><span>Danish troops</span></a><span> brought extra blood and enough explosives to destroy airport runways to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="Greenland"><span>Greenland</span></a><span> in case the US tried to invade, according to reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Citing 12 sources, Danish news outlet </span><a href="https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forberedte-sig-paa-muligt-angreb-fra-usa-floej-poser-med-blod-til-groenland-og-gjorde-klar" rel="" target="" title="DR"><span>DR</span></a><span> said Denmark was prepared for a military response if America tried to seize the territory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>DR said the Danish had prepared to destroy runways in the towns of Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/greenland-prepare-for-crisis-pamphlet-latest-updates-donald-trump-invasion-threat/24936e12-426b-49f5-b8c7-c038aa77133a" rel="" target="" title="Greenland issues pamphlet to locals to 'prepare for crisis'"><strong><span>Greenland issues pamphlet to locals to 'prepare for crisis'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The move would prevent US aircraft from landing in Greenland's two biggest population centres.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The blood supplies were in anticipation of soldiers being wounded in an American attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The report is the clearest signal that Denmark was anticipating a violent confrontation with the US, and was willing to fight back.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/denmark-greenland-blood-explosives-airport-usa-donald-trump-invasion-news/883a1b04-251c-4588-ab48-36cb8c95d0d7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>DR also reported Denmark was negotiating with other European countries to ward off a US invasion of Greenland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/greenland-european-troops-arrive-as-talks-with-us-highlight-disagreement-over-islands-future/0661fdf3-3698-4ecb-90e4-859c39823d49" rel="" target="" title="France had reportedly committed several hundred soldiers"><span>France had reportedly committed several hundred soldiers</span></a><span>, while </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/germany" rel="" target="" title="Germany"><span>Germany</span></a><span> and unnamed Nordic countries were also involved.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have not been in such a situation since April 1940," a Danish defence source was quoted as saying, referencing the German invasion of Denmark in World War II.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The US would have to carry out a hostile act to get Greenland," another was quoted as saying.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-usa-war-updates-donald-trump-allies-strait-of-hormuz-world-news/c9355a10-7f90-4327-b568-2fb9f8e0f0ec"><strong><span>Trump berates allies as he finds himself alone on Iran war</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>France, Germany, the UK, Norway and Sweden all sent troops to Greenland in January in a signal of military cooperation against the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Greenland had been heavily in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s sights that month, with the US president </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-greenland-military-force-norway-pm-nobel-peace-prize/72b66c99-6bd8-4c81-951d-5fa984a559e4" rel="" target="" title="initially not ruling out military action to seize the island"><span>initially not ruling out military action to seize the island</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But his rhetoric on the Danish autonomous territory has eased off after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte arranged </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-announces-future-deal-made-over-greenland/336a9606-e383-4c03-a650-9c6de9622f52" rel="" target="" title='"the framework of a future deal"'><span>"the framework of a future deal"</span></a><span> with the president.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the weeks since Trump initiated the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/iran" rel="" target="" title="war with Iran"><span>war with Iran</span></a><span>, Greenland appears to have dropped off the president's radar.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump sought to annex the island to become part of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="United States"><span>United States</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Greenland has substantial strategic value because of its location, as well as a plethora of rare earths which have been, up to this point, very difficult to access.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Just 56,000 people live on the island, the world's largest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-pearl-harbor-japanese-prime-minister-sane-takaichi-usa-politics-news/3503f82c-91b9-466e-b287-0d8f09c74842"><strong><span>Trump compares Iran attack to Pearl Harbor in front of Japan's PM</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a 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