<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphambi kokuba i-Operation MI yenziwe, amaJapane anquma ukuthatha iziQhingi zase-Aleutian. NgoJuni 3 kuya ku-4, 1942, izindiza zaseJapane ezazisuka emikhunjini emibili elula futhi zashaya izwekazi lase-U.S. okokuqala ngokumelene nedolobha lase-Unalaska, e-Alaska, eDutch Harbor e-Aleutian Islands. Ekuqaleni, amaJapane ahlela ukuhlasela iDutch Harbor ngesikhathi esifanayo nokuhlasela kwawo iMidway  <response>: , kodwa ukuhlasela kwaseMidway kwahlehliswa ngosuku olulodwa. Lokhu kuhlasela kwalimaza kancane kuphela iDutch Harbor, kodwa kwabulawa abantu baseMelika abangu-43 kwathi abanye abangu-50 balimala kulokhu kuhlasela. 