Battle of Kiska

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World War II battle military operation

The Battle of Kiska was a World War II operation in August 1943 in which Allied forces landed on the Aleutian island of Kiska, only to discover that the Japanese garrison had secretly evacuated beforehand.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Japanese occupation of Kiska 4
Battle of Kiska canonical 3
Aleutian Islands campaign operations on Kiska 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
airSupport United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
belligerent Canadian Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
codename Operation Cottage ⓘ
commander Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid ⓘ
Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Hugh A. Drum ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfJapaneseEvacuation 1943-07-28 ⓘ
endDate 1943-08-24 ⓘ
evacuatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
followedBy end of major combat in Aleutian campaign ⓘ
forceInvolved Canadian 13th Infantry Brigade ⓘ
Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
7th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 7th Infantry Division

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
hasCategory Amphibious operations of World War II ⓘ
Battles and operations of World War II involving Canada ⓘ
Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States ⓘ
Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Battles of the Aleutian Islands campaign
hasCause Japanese occupation of Kiska in 1942 ⓘ
isPartOf American Theater of World War II ⓘ
location Alaska ⓘ
Aleutian Islands ⓘ
Kiska Island ⓘ
surface form: Kiska
notableFeature Allied forces initially believed island was still heavily defended ⓘ
Japanese garrison had secretly evacuated before Allied landing ⓘ
casualties largely due to friendly fire, accidents, and booby traps ⓘ
friendly fire incidents among Allied troops ⓘ
objective to expel Japanese forces from Kiska ⓘ
to secure the Aleutian Islands ⓘ
operationType amphibious landing ⓘ
partOf Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Attu ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
Japanese evacuation of Kiska ⓘ
recapture of Kiska by Allied forces ⓘ
startDate 1943-08-15 ⓘ
strategicImportance defense of Alaska and North American west coast ⓘ
protection of North Pacific sea lanes ⓘ
territorialChange Kiska returned to Allied control ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Aleutian Islands campaign → hasPart → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
Aleutian Islands campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
American Theater of World War II → significantEvent → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Kiska
American Theater of World War II → significantEvent → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evacuation of Kiska
Kiska returned to U.S. control → precededBy → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Kiska
Kiska returned to U.S. control → followedBy → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Kiska
Kiska returned to U.S. control → relatedTo → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese evacuation of Kiska
Battle of Dutch Harbor → coordinateOperationWith → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Kiska
Battle of Dutch Harbor → followedBy → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aleutian Islands campaign operations on Kiska
Operation AL → result → Battle of Kiska ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Kiska
Battle of Attu → followedBy → Battle of Kiska ⓘ