<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Lapho uMbutho Wezempi waseJapane uthola ukuthi amaJapane ahlela ukuhlasela amanzi ase-Alaska njengengxenye yempi yawo  <response>: Emkhankasweni weMidway, u-Admiral Nimitz wabela ama-cruiser amahlanu, ama-destroyer ayishumi nane, imikhumbi-ngwenya eyisithupha, nezinsiza ezifanele zokulwa namabutho aphikisayo enyakatho. Eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambi kokuqala kwempi le ndawo yayingavikelekile. Kodwa ngo-September 1941, iSitka, iKodiak, neDutch Harbor zase zisetshenziswe njengeZikhungo Zezindiza Zasolwandle, futhi kokubili iKodiak neSitka zase zikwazi ukusebenzela izikebhe ezingaphansi kwamanzi. Maphakathi no-1940, i-Army yayisungule i-Alaska Defense Command, no-Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner e-command; futhi i-Navy yakha i-Alaska Sector ngaphansi kwe-13th Naval District, iqoka uKaputeni Ralph C. Parker ekuqondiseni. 