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World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
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Aleutian Islands campaign
World War II campaign between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces
The Aleutian Islands campaign 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 on North American soil.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Empire of Japan
Japanese nation state from 1868 to 1947
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Attu Island
Uninhabited island in Alaska
Attu is an island in the Near Islands. It is one of the westernmost points of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited in 2010, making it the largest uninhabited island that is part of the United States politically.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kiska
Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
Kiska is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles. It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission is required to visit it. The island has no permanent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Aleutian Islands
Chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean
The Aleutian Islands —also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones. Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, with the archipelago…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)