Aleutian Islands campaign - Wikipedia
WEBThe Aleutian Islands campaign (Japanese: アリューシャン方面の戦い, romanized: Aryūshan hōmen no tatakai) was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American Theater of World War II during the Pacific War.
Japanese occupation of Kiska - Wikipedia
WEBThe Japanese occupation of Kiska took place between 6 June 1942 and 28 July 1943 during the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Japanese occupied Kiska and nearby Attu Island in order to protect the northern flank of the Japanese Empire.
Kiska | Alaska State Museum
WEBThe Japanese invasion of Kiska and Attu Islands in the western Aleutians led to fears of imminent attach elsewhere in Alaska. Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening formed the Alaska Territorial Guard to protect the home front.
Japanese flag returned to its homeland, more than 70 years …
WEBApr 26, 2016 · WASILLA -- The Alaskan son of a decorated World War II veteran has reunited a flag with the family of a long-dead Japanese soldier who carried the flag into vicious combat on Iwo Jima.
Battle of the Aleutian Islands - HISTORY
WEBNov 17, 2009 · In June 1942, six months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that drew the U.S. into World War II, the Japanese targeted the Aleutians, an American-owned chain of remote,...
Battles of Attu & Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During …
WEBJun 24, 2016 · Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska after landing on 6 June 1942. Taking the Islands. The Japanese, under the command of Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki, arrived in Kiska on June 6, 1942. They easily took the island, and the next day began invading Attu as well.
Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island - Wikipedia
WEBThe Japanese Occupation Site on Kiska island (along with Attu Island) in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska is where the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked and occupied the island in World War II, as one of the only two enemy invasion sites in North America during the war.
When Japan invaded Alaska: What you need to know about the …
WEBMay 18, 2018 · The Aleutians campaign of World War II has been dismissed by some noted historians as a sideshow of the global conflict of 1939-1945 — of no military significance for either the Japanese who...
High school students help Alaskan son of WWII veteran return …
WEBDec 21, 2015 · Seventy years later, Keogh's Alaskan son and a trio of Japanese language scholars at Colony High School near Palmer found a home for one of those flags, with the help of a Japanese newspaper...
Alaska · Japanese Incursions on the Mainland - Omeka
WEBDue to its proximity, Alaska was a tempting target for the Japanese during their Pacific expansion. Much of their advancements, however, never penetrated into the Alaskan heartland. Instead, much of the fighting occurred on the Aleutian archipelago, a chain of islands that stretch out into the Pacific. Dutch Harbor Attack.