Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar 1942 da Imperial Japan Navy sa tsare-tsaren kai farmaki Alaska a hade tare da wani hari a kan Midway Island
a tsakiyar Pacific. Hare-haren da rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Japan ta Arewa ta kai wa Dutch Harbor da Adak Island sun haifar da yakin tsibirin Aleutian. Amma saboda Amurka Naval Intelligence ya karya Jafananci na sojan ruwa cipher code, Admiral Nimitz, Kwamandan-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas a Hawaii, ya koyi na Jafananci da tsare-tsaren da 21 Mayu 1942. A ranar 1 ga Yuni 1942, sojojin Amurka a Alaska sun kai mutane 45,000. A wannan ranar an sake sanya umarnin Intercepter na XI, wanda aka kunna a baya, a watan Maris, a matsayin Kwamandan Yakin XI. Duk da haka, Ƙarfin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙari. Ya kunshi 10 B-17 Flying Fortress masu saukar ungulu masu saukar ungulu da 34 B-18 Bolo masu saukar ungulu a filin jirgin saman Elmendorf, da kuma 95 P-40 Warhawk mayakan da aka raba tsakanin Fort Randall AAF a Cold Bay da Fort Glenn AAF a Umnak.