soil took place in Alaska or that Japanese forces occupied two Aleutian Islands for more than a year. Few people know that the only World War II battle fought on U.S.
This renewed interest generates exciting educational opportunities for students and teachers researching this chapter in the history of our state. Alaska’s role as battlefield, lend-lease transfer station, and North Pacific stronghold was often overlooked by historians in the post-war decades, but in recent years awareness has been growing of Alaska’s wartime past. This resource guide is designed to aid students and teachers in researching Alaska’s World War II history.
Library and Archives Canada, accession number 1967-052 NPC, item Z-1995-31 Shown are the Infantrymen of the 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group disembarking from a landing craft during operation COTTAGE, the invasion of Kiska.
American and Canadian soldiers made an amphibious landing on the island of Kiska, August 16, 1943.
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