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The 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. It was the only military campaign of World War II fought ...
Operation Cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the Aleutian Islands campaign. On August 15, 1943, Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. However, the Japanese had secretly abandoned the island two weeks earlier, and so the Allied landings were unopposed.
In 1943, the Japanese were driven from the Aleutian Islands, and U.S. forces landed in the northern Solomon Islands, [6] the Gilbert Islands, [7] and the Bismarck Archipelago. [8] This was followed in 1944 by the invasion of the Marshall Islands, [7] a series of landings in western New Guinea, [6] the capture of the Mariana Islands and Battle ...
The two islands are joined by a bridge connecting the city of Unalaska to the southern portion of Amaknak Island. During World War II the entirety of Amaknak Island was used by the United States Navy as an operating base, and by the United States Army , which manned coastal defenses on the high ground at the northern and southern parts of the ...
On August 24, 1943, Kiska was declared secure by the American forces. The Aleutian Islands campaign was officially over. [16] For the commanding officers stationed on the Aleutian Islands during the Aleutian Islands campaign, attacking the Kuril Islands from the Aleutians was a logical continuation to recapturing Attu and Kiska. However, these ...
The Aleutian Islands campaign was successfully completed on August 24, 1943. [4] In that month, a strategic intercept station was established on the island, which remained until February 1945. [7] Most combat squadrons were withdrawn by early 1944, the 11th Fighter Squadron becoming the headquarters garrison of the base until the end of the war.
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In June 1942, the Japanese occupied the western Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska, and they hoped to occupy Amchitka. [2] A Japanese survey team scouted the island but rejected it for military purposes. [citation needed] American military planners determined that an airbase was needed near the Japanese-occupied islands.