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The invasion force included the 17th and 32nd Infantry regiments of the 7th Infantry Division and a platoon of scouts recruited from Alaska, nicknamed Castner's Cutthroats. The army air force flew more than 500 sorties in a 20-day period to support the invasion .
The Battle of Attu (codenamed Operation Landcrab), [4] which took place on 11–30 May 1943, was fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian reconnaissance and fighter-bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater.
The Japanese occupation of Attu (Operation AL) was the result of an invasion of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II. Imperial Japanese Army troops landed on 7 June 1942, the day after the invasion of nearby Kiska.
First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) Taiwan United States China: Ceasefire. Chinese withdrawal, status quo ante bellum. 567 troops killed; Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) Taiwan United States China: Ceasefire. China ceases bombardment. 440 troops killed [1] Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983) Thailand Taiwan [2] (until July 1967)
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An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one ... 1942 invasion of Alaska ... 1895 invasion of Taiwan Japan Taiwan: 1894 invasion ...
Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weather [26] Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000 [27] 1665: May: Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a storm [26] 1666: May: Chinese troops attempt to dislodge the Dutch from Keelung but fail [28] 1668
A number of territories occupied by the United States after 1945 were returned to Japan, but there are still a number of disputed territories between Japan and Russia (the Kuril Islands dispute), South Korea and North Korea (the Liancourt Rocks dispute), the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (the Senkaku Islands dispute).