Alaska's Hidden Wars: Secret Campaigns on the North Pacific Rim
by Hays Jr, Otis

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Alaska's Hidden Wars: Secret Campaigns on the North Pacific Rim: On the eve of World War II, the national interests of Japan, the United States, and the Soviet Union collided in the North Pacific. Alaska's Hidden Wars tells, for the first time, the story of this war – a story of savage weather, isolation, and sacrifice.

Two tiny island chains – the Aleutians and the Kuriles – became the focus of a series of major campaigns that pitted the Americans against the Japanese. Alaska's Hidden Wars chronicles the role of the Japanese-American intelligence specialists and details a Japanese eyewitness account of the defense of Attu. Two virtually unknown aspects of the North Pacific war are also exposed: the brutal North Pacific weather and the internment of American airmen in Kamchatka.

In 1942, the Japanese raided Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian islands and occupied the islands of Kiska and Attu. The Americans mounted a vigorous campaign, and the Japanese retreated to the Kuriles. For the next two years, the Americans launched air raids and fleet bombardments, while American soldiers maintained lonely outposts along Aleutian coasts. But in 1945, when Japan finally surrendered, the Kuriles were taken, not by the waiting Americans, but by the Soviets.

Alaska's Hidden Wars is a fast-moving history that brings declassified archival sources to light and draws the reader into the lonely, bitter war fought in the North Pacific.

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ISBN-10:	188996364X
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781889963648
Author:	Hays Jr, Otis
Publisher:	University of Alaska Press Fairbanks, Alaska
Publication Date:	4/2004
Pages:	182 pp
Size/Dimensions:	0.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches
Binding:	Paperback