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Watch how Japan invaded Alaska in WWII

We explore a forgotten chapter of the Pacific War, where American and Japanese forces clashed not in jungles, but in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. In the Aleutian Islands, brutal weather, isolation ...
In 1942, Japanese forces occupied remote islands in Alaska, bringing World War II directly onto American territory. The brutal campaign to retake Attu unfolded in freezing temperatures, dense fog, and ...