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... 39 KB (4,495 words) - 11:45, 16 March 2024 |
The Aleutian Islands (/əˈluːʃən/ ə-LOO-shən; Russian: Алеутские острова; Aleut: Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat... 42 KB (4,475 words) - 10:36, 26 April 2024 |
Operation Cottage (category Aleutian Islands campaign) maneuver which completed the Aleutian Islands campaign. On August 15, 1943, Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese... 12 KB (757 words) - 14:06, 24 April 2024 |
Kiska (redirect from Kiska aleutian island) Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa, Russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies... 16 KB (1,655 words) - 01:18, 6 April 2024 |
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1, 1946. The shock measured (Mw) 8.6, Mt 9.3 or (Ms) 7.4. It had... 15 KB (1,375 words) - 00:37, 5 April 2024 |
Adak Island (Aleut: Adaax, Russian: Адак) or Father Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in... 14 KB (1,661 words) - 11:04, 5 March 2024 |
Battle of Attu (category Aleutian Islands campaign) 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... 20 KB (1,655 words) - 12:41, 31 March 2024 |
Japanese occupation of Kiska (redirect from Occupation of Kiska Island) the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Japanese occupied Kiska and nearby Attu Island in order... 19 KB (2,025 words) - 23:06, 17 January 2024 |
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (category Aleutian Islands campaign) Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of Attu and the Kiska Expedition. Following... 26 KB (2,558 words) - 19:27, 6 April 2024 |
Japanese submarine I-19 (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign) stages of the Aleutian Islands campaign. On 15 September 1942, while patrolling south of the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign under the command... 10 KB (720 words) - 00:00, 22 October 2023 |
of the River Plate, submarine attacks off the East Coast, the Aleutian Islands campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland... 61 KB (7,362 words) - 22:15, 18 April 2024 |
Battle of Dutch Harbor (category Aleutian Islands campaign) and U.S. Army Fort Mears at Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island, opening the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II. The bombing marked the first aerial... 18 KB (2,018 words) - 19:00, 1 December 2023 |
forces landed in the western Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu, as a northern pincer of the main attack on Midway Island. After the stunning Japanese... 20 KB (2,287 words) - 01:07, 9 April 2024 |
USS Tennessee (BB-43) (section The Aleutian Islands) in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, providing gunfire support to troops fighting to retake the islands. The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign followed... 70 KB (9,583 words) - 15:19, 2 February 2024 |
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign) island hopping strategy in the Aleutian Islands. On the evening of 19 February, Indianapolis led two destroyers on a patrol southwest of Attu Island,... 70 KB (7,640 words) - 12:16, 25 April 2024 |
Japanese occupation of Attu (category Aleutian Islands campaign) 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... 12 KB (1,346 words) - 17:32, 6 April 2024 |
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign) replenishing. Late in March 1943, she departed for the Aleutian Islands and operated from Adak Island to prevent the Japanese from supporting their garrisons... 32 KB (3,612 words) - 15:32, 23 February 2024 |
Naval Air Facility Adak (category Aleutian Islands campaign) States during World War II through the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Despite the first loss of U.S. soil... 28 KB (3,154 words) - 09:40, 13 February 2024 |
Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group (category Aleutian Islands campaign) Japanese Alaskan Strike Group (Aleutians) Boshiro Hosogaya:-Commander-in-Chief, Navy Alaskan Strike Group, Aleutian Campaign Boshiro Hosogaya:-command Heavy... 3 KB (254 words) - 21:23, 21 June 2022 |
the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska but was driven out between May and August 1943 by American and Canadian forces. The Aleutian Islands campaign in... 37 KB (4,780 words) - 17:53, 21 April 2024 |
States by attacking and occupying this small island along with Kiska as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign, initially a diversion for the Battle of Midway... 8 KB (945 words) - 20:59, 4 April 2024 |
Castner's Cutthroats (category Aleutian Islands campaign) the Aleutian Islands Campaign. The unit was composed of just sixty-five men selected to perform reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during... 12 KB (1,296 words) - 10:37, 15 January 2024 |
Japanese submarine I-168 (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign) taking part in the Battle of Midway, the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Aleutian Islands campaign before she was sunk in 1943. She is best known for her... 30 KB (3,484 words) - 06:19, 16 July 2023 |
Adak Airport (redirect from Adak Island Airport) state-owned public-use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is the farthest western... 14 KB (1,354 words) - 22:46, 13 March 2024 |
Aleutian Islands Campaign in World War II, thousands of U.S. servicemen were stationed in the islands. The film begins by describing how the Aleutian... 3 KB (326 words) - 11:23, 12 April 2024 |
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II... 19 KB (2,308 words) - 06:16, 25 April 2024 |