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Bookmark or Share- How the US suffered 300 casualties storming unoccupied Kiska IslandCalled Operation Cottage, the goal of the amphibious assault was to retake the small volcanic island of Kiska, one of 14 that make up Alaska’s Aleutian islands, from Japan.
- The Battle of Kiska - NOAA Ocean ExplorationLearn how Kiska Island became the site of a fierce air campaign between the US and Japan in 1942-1943. Explore the background, strategies, and outcomes of the Battle of Kiska and its impact on the Aleutian Islands.
- Operation Cottage - WikipediaOperation Cottage was a tactical maneuver that completed the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II. On August 15, 1943, Allied forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942, but the Japanese had secretly abandoned the island two weeks earlier.
- Kiska - WikipediaKiska is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It was the site of a Japanese invasion and occupation during World War II, and is now a wildlife refuge and a historic landmark.
- Japanese occupation of Kiska - WikipediaThe Japanese occupation of Kiska took place between 6 June 1942 and 28 July 1943 during the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Japanese occupied Kiska and nearby Attu Island in order to protect the northern flank of the Japanese Empire.
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