Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Aleutian Islands campaign became the only military operation of World War II fought on North American soil. This conflict involved Allied and Imperial Japanese forces fighting over a chain of remote islands in Alaska.
On the 3rd of June 1942, Japanese planes began a two-day aerial bombing of continental North America for the first time in history. Seventeen Japanese planes attacked the naval base at Dutch Harbor starting at 05:45.
Over 880 Unangax residents were embarked on military transport ships following the attacks on Dutch Harbor. These civilians received less than 24 hours notice and were allowed only one suitcase or minimal personal items.
Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki had his forces dig into high ground far from shore during the Battle of Attu. This strategy resulted in fierce combat with total U.S. casualties reaching 3,829.
Allied forces encountered no opposition when an invasion force of 34,426 Canadian and American troops landed on Kiska. Main Japanese forces likely left Kiska on the night of July 28 when its radio became silent.