Japanese occupation of Kiska
| Japanese occupation of Kiska | |||||||||
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| Part of the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||||||
Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska after landing on 6 June 1942. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Lt. Mulls (Not present during initial landing) |
Kiichiro Higuchi Takeji Ono Boshiro Hosogaya Monzo Akiyama | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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10-man weather station 1-6 dogs 3 aircraft |
500+ Special Naval Landing Forces (Initial force) 5,183–5,400 civilians and soldiers (Occupation) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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2 killed 7 captured 1 escaped (later surrendered) | No casualties during initial capture, or during occupation/withdraw. | ||||||||
The Japanese occupation of Kiska took place between 6 June 1942 and 28 July 1943 during the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Japanese occupied Kiska and nearby Attu Island in order to protect the northern flank of the Japanese Empire.