Kiska
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Kiska is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles. It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, sp
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Operation Cottage
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Operation Cottage was a joint American-Canadian plan to complete the recapture of the Aleutian Islands from the Japanese in 1943. Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied
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…two artillery units from the US 7th Infantry Division, 95 ships including three battleships and a heavy cruiser and 168 aircraft landed on Kiska in Operation Cottage, only to find the island abandoned. Despite the lack of Japanese presence, Allied casualties during this invasion nevertheless numbered close to 200…
Landing ships unloading after the landings on Kiska
Aerial reconnaissance photo of the Japanese-held Aleutian Island of Kiska, taken in 1943
Troops march up the beach at Adak, during pre-invasion loading for the Kiska Operation, 13 August 1943.
U.S. soldiers getting off their landing craft onto the rocky shores of Kiska Island