What the records say
- When
- 11 May 1943 – 30 May 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.88° N, 173.16° E
- Description
- 1943 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Attu
1943 battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II
The Battle of Attu, which took place on 11–30 May 1943, was fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian reconnaissance and fighter-bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater. Attu was the only land battle fought on U.S. territory during World War II.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米領アリューシャン列島のアッツ島で日本海軍の守備隊が玉砕（アッツ島の戦い）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page