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...
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The Aleutian Islands (/əˈluːʃən/ ə-LOO-shən; Russian: Алеутские острова; Aleut: Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat...
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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...
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Атту) is an island in the Near Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands chain). It is the westernmost point of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands (Aleut: Sasignan tanangin, Russian: Ближние острова) are a group of American islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern...
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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...
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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,...
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