<prompt> Lapho uMbutho Wezempi waseJapane uthola ukuthi amaJapane ahlela ukungena emanzini ase-Alaska njengengxenye yeMidway  <response>: Emkhankasweni wokulwa, u-Admiral Nimitz wabela ama-cruiser amahlanu, imikhumbi-ngwenya eyishumi 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 ukusiza imikhumbi-ngwenya. 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. 