Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I waenganui o te tau 1942 i whakatakoto te ope moana o te Emepera o Hapani ki te whakaeke i Alaska i te taha o tētahi
whakaeke i Midway Island i te pokapū o te Moananui a Kiwa. Ko nga whakaeke a te Rererangi o te Rohe o te Raki o Hapani ki Dutch Harbor me Adak Island i hua ai te Aleutian Islands Campaign. Engari na te mea kua pakaru te maatauranga o te United States Naval i te waehere kaipuke a Japan, ka mohio a Admiral Nimitz, te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o nga Moana-a-Kiwa o te Moana-a-Kiwa i Hawaii, mo nga mahere a Japanese i te 21 o Mei 1942. I te 1 o Pipiri 1942, ko te kaha o te ope taua o te United States i Alaska e 45,000 nga tangata. I taua ra, ko te XI Intercepter Command, i whakahohehia i mua, i te Maehe, i whakahoutia hei XI Fighter Command. Heoi, he iti te kaha whakahaere o te tekau ma tahi o nga Air Force. Kei roto i te 10 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers taumaha me te 34 B-18 Bolo bombers waenga i Elmendorf Airfield, me 95 P-40 Warhawk toa i wehewehea i waenga i Fort Randall AAF i Cold Bay me Fort Glenn AAF i Umnak.