A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...

Although remote, the Aleutian Islands were seen as a foothold to a ... In May 1943, U.S. forces attacked the Japanese on Attu. By the end of the month, the Japanese had retreated from the island ...

“This story was never told, and the Japanese have never really helped us in that regard.” Attu Island is the most westerly of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. It was one of the few U.S. territories, including ...

In the confusion, Japanese soldiers shot one Attu woman in the leg and accidentally killed one or two of their own. Soon, three dozen Attu residents — nearly the whole population of this Aleutian ...

Attu Island is the most westerly of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. It was one of the few U.S. territories, including Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, to be captured during the war.

This soldier became the first Hispanic American MOH recipient of WWII The Japanese occupations in June 1942 on the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska, originally planned as a feint to divide the U ...

NEW YORK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands at 2025-03-28 16:08:38 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ...