<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Navy yakadzidza kuti vaJapan vakaronga kupinza mumvura dzeAlaska sorutivi rworwendo rwavo  <response>: Basa repakati nepakati, Admiral Nimitz akagovera ngarava shanu dzokurwa, magwa gumi nemana anoparadza, ngarava dzomumvura nhanhatu, uye zvinobatsira zvakakodzera kurwisa masimba anopikisa ari kuNorth. Makore mashanu hondo isati yatanga, nharaunda yacho yakanga isina kudzivirirwa. Asi pakazosvika September 1941, Sitka, Kodiak, neDutch Harbor zvakanga zvagadzwa seMarine Air Stations, uye zvose zviri zviviri Kodiak neSitka zvaikwanisa kushandira ngarava dzepasi pemvura. Pakati pa1940, Mauto akanga asimbisa Alaska Defense Command, naBrigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner mukutungamira; uye Navy yakagadzira Alaskan Sector pasi pe13th Naval District, ichigadza Captain Ralph C. Parker kumutungamiri. 