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PBY-5A Catalina patrolling near the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, the frigid wastes of which saw an air, sea and (ultimately) land campaign fought between the U.S. and Japan June 1942-August 1943. Fleet scout, commando inserter, submarine hunter, night raider, torpedo bomber, search and...
Originally, the autos had small, standard-size round triggerguards, but in 1939 the guns were given enlarged winter guards, presumably so they could be fired if the soldier was wearing mittens — supposedly occasioned by the occupations of Manchuria in China and Kiska in the Aleutian Islan...
From September to November 1942 pilots of the 57th Fighter Squadron flew P-39s and P-38s from an airfield built on land bulldozed into Kuluk Bay on the barren island of Adak in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. They attacked the Japanese forces which had invaded Attu and Kiska islands in the ...
Pacific War, major theatre of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands. Japan’s strategy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia...
Pacific War, major theatre ofWorld War IIthat covered a large portion of thePacific Ocean,East Asia, andSoutheast Asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northernAustraliaand as far north as theAleutian Islands. Japan’s strategy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia ...
Pacific War, major theatre of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands. Japan’s strategy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia...
battle plan included the movement of eight separate task forces, a diversionary attack in theAleutian Islands, and the occupation of theMidway Islands, all while attempting the destruction of the American carriers. Yamamoto’s ensuing campaign forGuadalcanaland theSolomon Islandsin the South Pacific ...
and Malaya (now Malaysia). Japanese attacks even reached to Australia in the south, the U.S. territory of Hawaii in the east, the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the north, and as far west asBritish Indiain theKohimacampaign. What motivated a formerly reclusive island nation to go on such...