Battle of the Komandorski Islands [SEP] point in time
Battle of the Komandorski Islands
The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was a naval battle between American and Imperial Japanese forces which took place on 27 March 1943 in the North Pacific, south of the Soviet Komandorski Islands. The battle was a daylight surface engagement in which air support played no role and in which the inferior American force escaped complete destruction mostly by luck.
Background.
When the United States became aware of Japanese plans to send a supply convoy to their forces on the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, U.S. Navy ships
come to a head, culminating in a surface battle closely resembling the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.
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