Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin a aiwatar da Operation MI, Jafananci sun yanke shawarar ɗaukar tsibirin Aleutian. A ranar 3 zuwa 4 ga Yuni, 1942, jiragen saman Japan daga masu jigilar haske guda biyu da kuma buga Amurka a karo na farko a kan garin Unalaska, Alaska, a Dutch Harbor a tsibirin Aleutian. Da farko, Jafananci sun shirya kai hari kan Dutch Harbor a lokaci guda da harin Midway
, amma harin Midway ya jinkirta da rana daya. Harin ya yi mummunan lalacewar Dutch Harbor, amma an kashe Amurkawa 43 kuma wasu 50 sun ji rauni a harin.