Battle of Dutch Harbor

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Dutch Harbor was a World War II Japanese air attack on the U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942, marking one of the few enemy assaults on North American soil and a key event in the Aleutian Islands campaign.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Dutch Harbor canonical	2
Dutch Harbor air raid	1
attack on Dutch Harbor	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Dutch Harbor ⓘ surface form: Dutch Harbor air raid
attacker	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	dozens of U.S. personnel killed ⓘ several Japanese aircraft shot down ⓘ
commanderForJapan	Kakuji Kakuta ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates	Theodore A. Adair NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
coordinateOperationWith	Japanese occupation of Attu ⓘ Battle of Kiska ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of Kiska
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
damage	damage to U.S. military installations at Dutch Harbor ⓘ destruction of fuel tanks at Dutch Harbor ⓘ
date	June 1942 ⓘ
defender	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1942-06-04 ⓘ
followedBy	Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Aleutian Islands campaign operations on Attu Battle of Kiska ⓘ surface form: Aleutian Islands campaign operations on Kiska
hasAftermath	heightened concern over continental U.S. vulnerability to attack ⓘ increased U.S. military buildup in Alaska ⓘ
hasPart	Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor on 3 June 1942 ⓘ Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor on 4 June 1942 ⓘ
historicalRegion	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska Territory
involves	Dutch Harbor, Alaska ⓘ surface form: U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor civilian areas of Unalaska Island ⓘ
isPartOf	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
location	Dutch Harbor, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska
notableFor	being one of the few enemy attacks on North American soil during World War II ⓘ prompting U.S. reinforcement of the Aleutian Islands ⓘ
objective	attack U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor ⓘ
onContinent	North America ⓘ
partOf	Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy	initial Japanese advances in the Pacific Theater ⓘ
result	strategic U.S. and Allied advantage maintained in North Pacific ⓘ tactical Japanese success ⓘ
startDate	1942-06-03 ⓘ
strategicPurpose	diversionary operation for the Battle of Midway ⓘ
theater	Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean
typeOfAttack	aerial bombardment ⓘ
usedMilitaryAsset	Japanese aircraft carriers Junyo and Ryujo ⓘ U.S. anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ U.S. fighter aircraft based in Alaska ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aleutian Islands campaign → hasPart → Battle of Dutch Harbor ⓘ

Aleutian Islands campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Dutch Harbor ⓘ

Battle of Dutch Harbor → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dutch Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch Harbor air raid

Operation AL → objective → Battle of Dutch Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: attack on Dutch Harbor