<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Entwasahlobo ka-1940, iJalimane LamaNazi ngaphansi kukaHitler lahlasela iNorway, iDenmark, iNetherlands, iBelgium neFrance. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ngo-September walowo nyaka, uMbuso WaseJapane wahlasela futhi wanqoba iFrench Indochina ngesikhathi esifanayo ulwa neChina phakathi neMpi Yesibili YamaShayina NamaJapane. Kwakukhona ukukhathazeka okwandayo e-Alaska ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuzivikela kwezempi, njengoba yayisengozini yokuhlaselwa yi-Axis. UGruening ubelokhu ephokophela izikhungo zokuvikela e-Alaska kusukela aqokwa njengombusi, futhi ngenxa yezenzo zakamuva ezivela eJalimane naseJapane, iCongress yakhetha izimali zokwakha izinqaba zempi nezindawo zezindiza kule ndawo. Ngo-1941, kwase kunamasosha aseMelika angu-3 000 ayemise eduze nase-Alaska. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor, uGruening walungiselela i-Alaska ukuba ibe elandelayo. Kwenziwa amacebo okuthi kube khona ukucima kukagesi kanye namabutho okuzivikela ezakhamuzi umsebenzi wawo wokuqala owawukuba avikele iziteshi zomsakazo, izikhungo zezingcingo, amathangi kawoyela, izikhungo zomphakathi, namadokodo ubusuku nemini, futhi aqaphele ukucekelwa phansi okungase kwenzeke. Amabutho ahlomile andisa imisebenzi yawo e - Alaska, kancane kancane aya ngase - Aleutian Chain, umzila ofinyeleleka kalula ovela e - Asia. AmaJapane afika e-Alaska ngo-June 1942, ehlasela  <response>: I-Dutch Harbor nokwehla eziqhingini zase-Attu naseKiska, okuwukuphela kwezindawo ezisezwekazini lase-U.S. ezabanjwa phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. 