<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-Alaska kwakuwukuphela komhlaba waseMelika lapho ukulwa komhlaba kwenzeka khona phakathi neMpi Yezwe II; Umkhankaso Weziqhingi zase-Aleutian waqala kulandela ukuqhuma kwamabhomu aseJapane eDutch Harbor  <response>: nokuthathwa kweziqhingi zase-Attu naseKiska e-Aleutian Chain ngoJuni 1942. Impi ephumelelayo yase-US yokuthatha kabusha i-Attu ngoMeyi 1943 ngokulingene yayingenye yokuhlaselwa kwe-amphibious okubiza kakhulu kweMpi Yezwe II ezindaweni zaseMelika nasePacific ngokwemibandela yokulahlekelwa kwabantu baseMelika. AmaJapane akhipha eKiska ngasese ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 1943, emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba amabutho ase-U.S. nawaseCanada athathe lesi siqhingi maphakathi no-Agasti 1943. Ekupheleni kwempi, izikhungo eziningi ze-Army kulo lonke izwe zavalwa unomphela noma zadluliselwa kwezinye izinhlangano. Ngemva kwempi kwagcizelelwa ukuqeqeshwa. 