Battle of Attu
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The Battle of Attu, 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 co
U.S. soldiers fire mortar shells over a ridge onto a Japanese position on 4 June 1943
Imperial Japanese Army Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki led Japanese forces during the Battle of Attu in May 1943. He died leading a banzai charge during the final attack.
Attu village at Chichagof Harbor in 1937. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942/43.
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance photo of four Japanese Mitsubishi A6M-2N Rufe seaplane fighters at Holtz Bay, Attu on 7 November 1942.
Japanese occupation of Kiska
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The 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 occu
Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska after landing on 6 June 1942.
Japanese Type 96 anti-aircraft gun abandoned on Kiska, seen in 2016