War on the Ice
Why did Nazi Germany send an expedition to Antarctica? Although Germany had been involved in Antarctic exploration since the early twentieth century, its expeditions failed to meet the expectations of their supporters. In the 1930s the Germans also had a growing involvement in the whaling...
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780190641320.003.0004 |
| Summary: | Why did Nazi Germany send an expedition to Antarctica? Although Germany had been involved in Antarctic exploration since the early twentieth century, its expeditions failed to meet the expectations of their supporters. In the 1930s the Germans also had a growing involvement in the whaling... |
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