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