Japanese Invasion of Alaska - Pacific War DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War continues with a video on the Japanese Invasion of Alaska - the Aleutian Islands campaign of 1942-1943, as we cover the battles of Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska, Amchitka, Komandorski Islands, and Cottage as Japan attacks the American soil in a sustained fashion for the first and only time putting the US forces on the back foot for a moment.

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[DavidKutzler]

My father-in-law was a radio-telephone operator in the US Army Signal Corps during the battles of Attu and Kiska. It saddens me that I didn't take the time to talk with him about his service before he passed.

[jonlangford]

It is difficult to find this much information on YouTube about these battles. This is the most detailed thing that I have seen on this platform on the battle for Alaska. Thank you.

[kentroglobalinvestmentllc]

Two hour long professional production on the Japanese invasion of Alaska ?! Incredible

[TheLostTrooperGaming]

Kings and generals has been my go to for historical content for soo many years now and it has never failed to deliver factual history with high quality visuals accurately portraying the information given wrapped up into a high quality historical package

[brainflash]

It was thanks to this invasion that the Americans got their hands on Akutan Zero, the first Zero acquired by the United States that could be restored to airworthy condition. They used the data from light tests to design the F6F Hellcat. The Hellcat would outperform the Zero in almost every way and downed more enemy aircraft than any other allied aircraft during WW2. Talk about a major self own.

[ronjohnson]

The forgotten theatre getting the attention it deserves.

[wolf]

Kings and generals has made the best documentary of the pacific war on youtube ❤

[jeremymacdonald]

my grandfather was a artillery engineer, Sargant in the Canadian artillery in the Aleutian islands. he told me stories about when they first landed tanks would be driving then they would hit a sink hole and be gone, then they gave them long poles to probe in front of them. when the Japanese would retreat to another island they would leave cases of sake behind. and poision some of the bottles. a number of people died from it. he bombed them to the end of the chain. there were only a few left. they banzai charged and they wiped them out. after that him and another engineer were tasked with surveying the Alaska highway. they dragged a aluminum boat across the muskeg for years sighting the path. every month a plane would fly over drop supplies and let them know how far off course they were. he said sometimes they were ten kilometers off. they would have to drag the boat back and start over.

[jonbaxter]

Such an incredibly underatted and unheard of theatre.

Why Americans don't know more about it surprises me, as it was on their actual land.

[ATRAIN]

History is my favorite subject of all time because it is how we learn from our mistakes and how to make our lives better and more peaceful

[minoru-kk]

Brilliant as always. I like the story of how, just before the withdrawal, JP soldiers put up a sign on their barracks saying "Plague Camp"

[seansmith]

Having served in the Army and was stationed at Wainwright, which is in Fairbanks, I thank Kings and Generals for this video. Battle Cold and Conquer Mountains.

[TacticalMania-xexh]

one time i read/watched/heard about Alaska was the diversionary IJN TF during MidWay nobody said they actually went there and thats it!!! this one is a world changer for me!!!!

[stephenmeeks]

I found this to be very informative, and entertaining. The animations and presentation were very good and seemed to bring the actions to a realistic level. Thank you.

[icarus]

Very well done. I was aware of the Alaska campaign, but this is is highly detailed.

[snattlerake]

I appreciate these long, in depth videos on culturally obscure moments like this. I remember asking my high school history teacher about this and all he really said about it was that the Japanese captured one or two islands and it wasn't really important.

[thefisherking]

This is truly a fascinating aspect of the war that doesn't get enough attention. I've heard about it, and I've heard some of these places mentioned, but I've never seen anyone do this kind of analysis. Thank you so much for what you do!

[longforgotten]

I conducted an oral history with a nuclear scientist with the United States Air Force. He was stationed in the illusions at one point and described some of the ruins from that battle that still remained when he was stationed there. Up until this video, the most comprehensive view of the battle for these islands I had seen was in the series victory at Sea. though the series had dug in a little bit into the topic, I did not appreciate the comprehensive nature of this conflict until now.

[haritharandunu]

Thanks for this full detailed videos to tell us about the bloody ww2. Thanks for your hard work.