<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Esaba usongo oluvela eMbusweni waseJapane phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, i-United States eyayingathathi hlangothi ngaleso sikhathi yaqala ukuqinisa iDutch Harbor ngo-1940, okwaholela ekwakhiweni kweDutch Harbor Naval Operating Base neFort Mears eyaqedwa ngokuphelele ngoSepthemba 1941 izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa okungazelelwe kwePearl Harbor okwabangela i-U.S. ukungena empini. Ngo-June 3, 1942, leli dolobha lahlaselwa amabutho ezindiza aseJapane eMpini yaseDutch Harbor  <response>: , ingxenye ye-Aleutian Islands Campaign. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa nokuhlala kwamaJapane eKiska nase-Attu, cishe bonke abahlali bomdabu base-Amaknak Island basuswa. Abaningi babeboshwe, ngaphansi kwezimo ezimbi, emakamu aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Alaska isikhathi sempi; inani elikhulu leziboshwa lafa ngesikhathi ziboshiwe. 