Ka cika wannan magana: Kiska ƙaramin tsibiri ne da ke kusa da ƙarshen yammacin tsibirin Aleutian. Ko da yake a kai a kai ana samun hadari da kuma hazo, yana da ɗaya daga cikin tashar jiragen ruwa mafi kyau a yankin. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Kiska ya mamaye tashar yanayi ta Amurka tare da ƙarin maza goma. A ranar 6 zuwa 7 ga Yuni, 1942, a cikin ayyukan da aka tsara don daidaitawa tare da su
Bayan kai hari a tsibirin Midway, sojojin Japan sun mamaye duka Kiska da Attu ba tare da adawa ba. Kodayake sun fara shirin janyewa daga tsibirin biyu kafin farkon hunturu, babban kwamandan Japan ya yanke shawarar riƙe su. Dukkanin tsibiran biyu sun kasance masu ƙarfi, kuma Kiska ya zama cibiyar gudanarwarsu don ci gaba da ayyukan a cikin Yaƙin tsibirin Aleutian. A kan Kiska, sun gina filin jirgin sama, jerin kogi da kuma kare jirgin sama, sansanin jirgin ruwa, sansanin jirgin ruwa, da kuma dakunan sojoji. An tattara wuraren da ke cikin teku a arewa maso yammacin Kiska Harbor, tare da wuraren soja a Gertrude Cove. An gina kariya ta dummy a duk tsibirin, yayin da aka mayar da hankali ga ainihin kariya a kusa da manyan tushe da kuma Arewacin Arewacin Kiska Harbor.