World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World_War_II_Aleutian_Islands_Campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:attackOn	gptkb:Dutch_Harbor
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Komandorski_Islands gptkb:Battle_of_Attu gptkb:Battle_of_Kiska
gptkbp:casualties	over 3,800 Allied over 4,350 Japanese
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Japan gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Boshiro_Hosogaya gptkb:Thomas_C._Kinkaid gptkb:Frank_Jack_Fletcher
gptkbp:dateOfDutchHarborAttack	June 3–4, 1942
gptkbp:endDate	August 15, 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy gptkb:U.S._Army gptkb:U.S._Navy gptkb:U.S._Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:island	gptkb:Dutch_Harbor gptkb:Adak gptkb:Attu gptkb:Kiska gptkb:Amchitka
gptkbp:JapaneseOccupied	gptkb:Attu gptkb:Kiska
gptkbp:JapaneseWithdrawalFromKiska	July 28, 1943
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Japanese_evacuation_of_Kiska First Japanese occupation of U.S. soil since War of 1812
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:First_Special_Service_Force gptkb:Alaskan_Scouts gptkb:Castner's_Cutthroats
gptkbp:objective	Expel Japanese forces from the Aleutian Islands
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:recaptureOfAttu	May 30, 1943
gptkbp:recaptureOfKiska	August 15, 1943
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Operation_Cottage gptkb:Operation_Landcrab
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Only WWII campaign fought on incorporated U.S. territory
gptkbp:startDate	June 3, 1942
gptkbp:strategicImportance	Control of North Pacific sea routes
gptkbp:theatreWork	gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:UnitedStatesRecaptured	gptkb:Attu gptkb:Kiska
gptkbp:weather	harsh and unpredictable
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dutch_Harbor gptkb:Unalaska
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5