Massacre Bay (Alaska)

Massacre Bay is an inlet on the southeast coast of Attu Island, the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It was among the first areas where early Aleut colonists settled. The bay takes its name from a massacre of Aleuts perpetrated by Russian fur traders in 1745. During World War II, in the Battle of Attu in May 1943, it was a landing point for U.S. Army troops who ultimately recaptured the island from Japanese forces.

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