![]() In response to the activities of Germany, Chile, Argentina, and the United States, Britain launched Operation Tabarin in 1943. ![]() 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. Responding to these encroachments, and taking advantage of Europe's wartime turmoil, the nearby nations of Chile and Argentina made their own claims. A year later, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition established two bases, which operated for two years before being abandoned. The expedition served as the basis for a new German claim, called New Swabia. During the prelude to war, Nazi Germany organised the 1938 Third German Antarctic Expedition to preempt Norway's claim to Queen Maud Land. International competition extended to the continent of Antarctica during the World War II era, though the region saw no combat. ![]() ![]() Personnel of Operation Tabarin unload supplies at Port Lockroy, 1944. ![]()
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