The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Started us entry into World War two
Throughout the war there was a fear of Japanese invasion of the American mainland buzz were all taught in school such a thing
Never happened
Except for when it did in this video
We'll be talking about a large Lee forgotten battle
But one that proved to be rather significant to the war the Aleutian Islands campaign
But before talking about the campaign you may wonder exactly what the Aleutian Islands are
The islands are a chain of Alaska which consists of 14 volcanic islands and 55 smaller islets
most of them owned by the United States with a few owned by Russia
Before Japan entered World War 2 his Navy gathered extensive information about the Aleutians and the military
Developments on the islands even still little was really known about the establishments on the island chain
With what little knowledge they had Japan s'en is northern fleet consisting of 30 warships and 8,500 troops
against the Aleutians
Launching an air attack on Dutch Harbor on June the third followed by an amphibious landing on Attock Island
Abuk was uninhabited and while the Japanese technically scored a victory at Dutch Harbor the foggy weather
Prevented American air responses. Also meant that only about half of the Japanese bombs reached their target
What was substantial was that a Mitsubishi a6m?
to zero the most common Japanese fighter at the time was damaged during the attack and
Crash-landed the Americans meant to repair the plane and use it to study the weaknesses of the zero fighter
Following this the Japanese invade the islands of Kiska and Attu
meeting little resistance
Japan made Kiska harbor their main naval base and the Americans established an airbase on atic Island
Were they bombed Japanese positions and naval convoys?
Following the Battle of the komandirskie' Islands were the Americans damaged two of the Japanese cruisers
he was decided that the Japanese forces in Alaska would no longer be supplied by surface ships and
Submarines were the only way to re supply the forces on
May the 11th of
1943 the Americans launched an operation with the goal of recapturing a - with 15,000 men
the landing was fraught with supply issues and many men died of frostbite due to lack of cold supplies and
Many units were fed in piecemeal due to the lack of landing craft the Japanese in turn
Occupied the high ground far away from the shores and a bloodbath ensued with nearly
3900 American casualties even
still though the Americans managed to push the Japanese who never numbered more than
3000 back to a harbor over the weeks of fighting with no
Hope of rescue the Japanese launched one of the largest Banzai charges in the Pacific campaign on May the 29th
one that nearly succeeded in pushing the Americans back
But they are ultimately defeated after heavy fighting with only 28 Japanese soldiers being captured leaving potentially
2,500 Japanese dead on
August the 15th
Over 34,000 Canadian and American troops
Successfully landed on Kiska but meant nothing but an abandoned island of the Japanese have left the island 18 days prior to their arrival
unbeknownst to the Allies
Even still the Americans and Canadians came out with over 300 casualties all from family fire Japanese traps
disease and frostbite I
Hope you enjoyed the brief look into one of the more forgotten chapters of the Second World War
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