Marka ciidamada badda ee Japan ay ogaadeen in ay qorshaynayeen in ay ku soo duulaan biyaha Alaska oo qayb ka ah qorshahooda Midway
Hawlgalka, Admiral Nimitz wuxuu u qoondeeyay shan markab oo maraakiib ah, afar iyo toban burburiyeyaal ah, lix markab oo hoostiisa mara, iyo ciidamo kale oo ku haboon si ay uga hortagaan ciidamada ka soo horjeeda ee Waqooyiga. Shan sano ka hor bilawgii dagaalka, deegaankaasi wuxuu ahaa mid aan difaac lahayn. Laakiin bishii Sebtember 1941, Sitka, Kodiak, iyo Dutch Harbor ayaa loo xilsaaray inay noqdaan Saldhigyada Cirka ee Ciidamada Badda, iyo Kodiak iyo Sitka labaduba waxay awoodeen inay u adeegaan maraakiibta quusta. Badhtamihii 1940, Ciidanka ayaa aasaasay Taliska Difaaca Alaska, oo uu hoggaaminayo Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner; iyo Ciidanka Badda ayaa abuuray Qaybta Alaska ee hoos timaada Degmada 13aad ee Badda, iyagoo magacaabay Kabtan Ralph C. Parker oo ah hoggaamiyaha.