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Alaska's hidden wars : secret campaigns on the North Pacific rim /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hays, Otis, 1915-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2004]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Alaska > Aleutian Islands.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Russia (Federation) > Kuril Islands.
Aleutian Islands (Alaska) > History, Military.
Kuril Islands (Russia) > History, Military.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Aleutian Islands, 1941/1943
  • 1. Lowering the security curtain
  • 2. Confrontation in the Aleutians
  • 3. The secret Nisei in the Aleutian Campaign
  • 4. Nisei support at Attu and Kiska
  • 5. The Tatsuguchi diary
  • The Kurile Islands, 1943/1945
  • 6. Looking beyond the Aleutians
  • 7. American prisoners in the Kuriles
  • 8. Whither the North Pacific weather?
  • 9. American deception and Japanese reaction
  • 10. The waiting period in the North Pacific
  • 11. Soviet presence in the North Pacific
  • 12. Lifting the security curtain.