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The Japanese Invasion of America
While June 6, 1944, is best known as the day when Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied Europe, there was another invasion that took place on almost the same day, just two years prior: the Japanese invasion of the United States. On June 7, 1942, Japanese forces moved onto the Alaskan territorial island of Attu—an Aleutian Island [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on June 7, 2010, under - World War II.
Tags: Aleut, Aleutian Islands, attacks on US during World War II, Attu, Bonzai attack, Charles and Etta Jones, japanese invasion of US, NARA, national archives, World War II, WWII
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