 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pokurwiswa kweKiska muna August 1943, Attu yakachengetedzwapashure pemavhiki anoverengeka okurwa mumamiriro okunze akaoma zvikuru. Mauto eAmerica paAttu akanga asina kugadzirira kutonhora, mamiriro ekunze ane dutu reAleutians, asi ivo vakanga vakagadzirira zviri nani mushandirapamwe weKiska nezvipfeko zvinorema uye kudzidziswa kwakawedzerwa nemazuva 15-45 ekujaira uye maneuvers muAleutians. Kutanga muna January, United States Navy yakavhara chitsuwa chacho ndokuchikandira mabhomba zuva nezuva pamwe chete neUnited States Army Air Forces. Mifananidzo yomuchadenga yenzvimbo yacho yakaratidza motokari dzomuvengi kutozosvikira pana August 13. 