Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Aleutian_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties over 1,500 Allied casualties
over 3,800 Japanese killed or missing
gptkbp:dateRecapturedAttu 1943-05-30
gptkbp:dateRecapturedKiska 1943-08-15
gptkbp:endDate 1943-08-15
gptkbp:evacuations Unangan (Aleut) people forcibly evacuated
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkbp:occupiedIslands gptkb:Attu_Island
gptkb:Kiska_Island
gptkbp:occupyingPower gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_States_military
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:purpose diversion from Midway attack
gptkbp:recapturedBy gptkb:United_States_military
gptkb:Canadian_military
gptkbp:recaptureOperation gptkb:Operation_Cottage
gptkb:Operation_Landcrab
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance only U.S. soil occupied by Axis powers during WWII
gptkbp:startDate 1942-06-06
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_occupation_by_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7