<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muchirimo cha1940, Nazi Germany pasi paHitler yakapinda muNorway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, uye France. Panguva iyi, muna September wegore iroro, Umambo hweJapan hwakapinda nechisimba muFrench Indochina ndokukurira China panguva imwe cheteyo muhondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan. Pakanga pane kunetseka kwakakura muAlaska pamusoro pokushayikwa kwekudzivirirwa kwemauto, sezvo yakanga iri pangozi yekupinda kweAxis. Gruening akanga ave achisundira nzvimbo dzokudzivirira muAlaska kubvira pakugadzwa kwake kuva gavhuna, uye nemhaka yezviito zvenguva pfupi yapfuura kubva kuGermany neJapan, Congress yakasarudza mari yekuvaka masvingo ehondo nenhandare dzendege munharaunda yacho. Pakazosvika 1941, kwakanga kune varwi 3.000 veU.S. Armed Forces vakanga vakadzika misasa pedyo neAlaska. Nokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, Gruening akagadzirira kuti Alaska ive inotevera. Zvirongwa zvakaitwa zvekuvhara magetsi uye zvekuchengetedza vanhu, basa ravo rokutanga raiva kuchengetedza nhepfenyuro dzeredhiyo, nhare, matangi emafuta, zvinhu zvinoshandiswa nevoruzhinji, uye zviteshi zvengarava, uye kuramba vakangwarira kuti pasava nemunhu anokuvhiringidza. Mauto akawedzera basa rawo muAlaska, achifamba zvishoma nezvishoma akananga kuAleutian Chain, nzira yaifambiswa zviri nyore kubva kuAsia. MaJapan akasvika kuAlaska muna June 1942, achibhomba  <response>: Dutch Harbour uye kumhara pazvitsuwa zveAttu neKiska, nzvimbo bedzi dzomunyika yeUnited States dzakatorwa muHondo yeNyika II. 