Forgotten Battles of World War Two: The Frozen Campaign in Alaska
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From June 1942 until August 1943, Allied forces fought the Aleutian Islands campaign against invading Japanese forces. Japan had occupied sovereign United States soil of two Alaskan islands, the only time during World War 2 where that occurred.
The main battle of Attu that took place during May 1943 was the only time during World War 2 where a land battle took place on incorporated United States territory. Japan was completely defeated by August 1943 and the campaign in Alaska was over.
The entire campaign was remembered as the "Forgotten Battle" as other events of the time overshadowed it.
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My uncle, NAVY, died in airplane crash Aleutian waters. R I P
My uncle too, and his crew in a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon. He was a USN pilot stationed on Attu Island. Disappeared over the sea in an ice storm about 100 miles from Attu and no remnants were ever found. Very sad...
Thank you, everyone somehow forgets about this, just like everything that happens in Alaska
honestly at school I read the book about this
My dad's father was part of the engineer battalion that took on a surprise Japanese banzai charge. He was stabbed by a bayonet in the back and it popped out below his collarbone. He lived and went back to the Boston navy yard as a shipbuilder. I wish I had met him.
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You should do a video about the First Special Forces Force. The US/Canadian joint venture. Originally formed to be sent on suicide missions. They were sent to fight on Kiska, but as you mentioned, the Japanese already left. So they were sent to Italy and we're instrumental to fighting in the mountains due to their hard core training and commando tactics. They're an impressive unit that not many people know about. There is a book about them that i would highly recommend.
+swapsplat I do have a video of them. :)
Title, please?
Was there a movie about that unit?
@@murraycrichton2001 Devil's Brigade.It is Hollywood so take any of it's ``facts`` with a grain of salt.
My dad was on the USS Grant Attack Transport at Kiska and Attu. He volunteered for landing craft duty. On Kiska he said they only found a scared hungry dog as all of the Japanese left in the fog earlier. He brought back abandoned Japanese clothing and one sailor cap had a tag inside hand printed in India ink. I had it translated and it belonged to a sailor who came from Hiroshima. One photo in a bunker he took on Kiska had a warning painted on the wall to Roosevelt that said that they were going to ''kill out'' the Americans and signed it saying ''I am Deutche''.
Goran, my dad always said that the Japanese soldier was a fanatic and would gladly kill himself for the Emperor. They came in suicidal waves in Saipan when there was zero hope for survival. They were taught that surrender was shameful and is the ultimate betrayal to your self and your Emperor. Japanese troops often shot surrendering enemy troops because surrender was shameful and only for cowards.
Pop even said that soldiers on Saipan would appear to surrender and than blow themselves up with a grenade to kill 6-8 American soldiers. It led to Marines shooting first. He said that almost every time a Japanese soldier appeared to want to surrender, was shot, he invariably exploded thanks to a hidden grenade. It didn't take long for US Marines to discover that trick.
Sadam did not have that kind of fanaticism brainwashed into his troops. There was an instance in Kuwait near Highway 70 where US coalition troops (Brits?) were changing a tire on their truck and several hundred Iraqi soldiers surrendered to them.
Goran, Good point. Westerners generally believe in saving lives or to live to fight another day. At the beginning of the war my dad was assigned to the ship that brought back the Japanese mini sub survivor named Sakamaki to San Francisco. He was in the brig and my dad brought him a piece of fresh cherry pie one day, then half an apple pie a few days later. This little fragment of humanity was well appreciated by Sakamaki as if my dad had given him the $10 million winning lotto ticket. The man wrote my dad a Haiku on a silk handkerchief and he had it translated before he died in 2002. My dad never cried in front of me for 80+ years until he read that translation.
When Pop was involved in Saipan at the end of the war, US Marines had seen such carnage and inhuman sadism done by Japanese troops that it instilled hatred in many of them. Some of those naked Japanese troops were so shell shocked that they could barely stand. Some Marines just shot them, naked or not. Other Marines were angered by what they saw their comrades do. War sucks for combatants on each side.
kimmer6 what a good story
could you share the haiku?
Homebrandrules, The silk is currently at my mom's house 400 miles away. I had photos of it and about 1500 other pictures on an SD card that is now dead. I will find it the next time I go down there and post it. The lesson, never trust an SD card, always back it up.
Any update on the haiku? Lol
Proves the Oldest adage of war: Weather Permitting.
That last picture was actually a Chinese commander, judging from his uniform. The Japanese foreign minister (who signed the document for unconditional surrender) wore a tailcoat for the ceremony that day.
What a great film!
hey very cool thanks for posting. my grandpa was a pilot there and I'm doing a mini doc about it
What aircraft was he on? My Grandpa was on a B-25 for the Aleutian Theatre Campaign 1942-43 have lots of photos however my Gramps never talked about the war and passed away in 2004 taking all that information and history to the grave. But I've been starting to become more interested in his involvement and I understand why he didn't talk about and he wanted his grand children to live a free and peaceful live that he fought so hard to keep.
i think it was the B-24 because i have pictures along with a newspaper article that show a B-24 that he had to make an emergency belly landing with. theres two vids on my channel about it and more to come. cool your grandpa was there
Which ones worse?
Frostbite Fog or The Jungle
I would not like either one.
Or friendly fire
Hey Your back!
+Tyler Needs to pee again Haven't been gone that long lol
Longer thhan it should be for me XD
+Tyler Needs to pee again :)
My grandfather was in the 53d in fort ord in 1941. He didn’t like to talk about it cause he killed people. But was bayoneted twice and got a Purple Heart.
My dad was there red Dalton so many stories the 207 th I still have his Ka-Bar with Japanese aircraft aluminum on the sheath they called him the Tin Man he did all the knives for the 207th I was fortunate enough to witness his army reunion from all the boys that were left from the 207th the Aleutian Island campaign the Forgotten battle
Why didn't the US wait until August to invade when the weather would have been so much better?
I was unaware of the extent of casualties, to dislodge the stubborn Japanese.
"Friendly fire." Sounded like it was a significant portion, being mentioned first. SMH
It would have been better to use National Guard Troops from: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, Nebraska, and of course Alaska. I'm assuming these troops would be the best prepared for these type of conditions. Anyone living in the Midwest would understand why I'd say this.
Does anyone know who the white dude is 2:27
I don't think it wasn't forgotten
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They hadn’t taught it in school
The eskimos showed the soldiers how to fish and hunt seals or they would have been screwed
They are called Aleuts not eskimos.
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It's over Americans we have the high ground.
Battlefield V better have this
Lol Americans wherent ready to fight in amarica god we suck at planning
What? First of all go back to English class Second nobody lived on those islands especially during that time so why would we focus on little islands?
We were busy kicking Japan’s ass at Midway. Admiral Nimitz knew that Japan’s ‘invasion’ of the Aleutian Islands was just a diversionary assault. We had the choice of committing our thinning Navy to Alaska or Midway, and we chose correctly. Go back to history class.
Grant Fudge we also kicked their ass in coral sea
Go back to gaming, live in fantasy.
@@azulaquaza4916 aleuts lived on that land. Soldiers pushed them out.