Kiska in WW2 History | World War II Database

7 Aug 1942

Alaska

Task Force 8 consisting of USS Indianapolis, USS Nashville, USS Louisville, USS Honolulu, USS St. Louis, and escorts bombard Japanese positions on Kiska Island near the western end of Alaska's Aleutian chain. ww2dbase [Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | Honolulu | Indianapolis | Louisville | St. Louis | Nashville | Kiska | DS]

7 Aug 1942 Photos

4 Apr 1943

Alaska

I-168 transferred men from Kiska to Attu in the Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [I-68/I-168 | Kiska | CPC]

18 Jul 1943

Alaska

2 B-24 and 6 B-25 bombers of the US Eleventh Air Force B-24 attacked Japanese positions at Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Kiska | CPC]

21 Jul 1943

Alaska

9 B-24 bombers of US 11th Air Force bombed Kiska, Aleutian Islands while two US Navy destroyers bombarded the Gertrude Cove area of the same island. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Kiska | CPC]

4 Aug 1943

Alaska

A radar-equipped PBY Catalina conducted a pre-dawn bombing raid of the Japanese submarine base and main camp area on Kiska Island. The single Catalina also dropped 92 empty beer bottles (for the disconcerting whistling effect they produced) on those targets. ww2dbase [PBY Catalina | Aleutian Islands Campaign | Kiska | DS]

15 Aug 1943

Alaska

Supported by a massive bombardment from three battleships, cruisers and destroyers and under a protective umbrella of 170 aircraft, 35,000 American and Canadian troops stormed ashore on Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands only to discover that the Japanese had fled nearly three weeks earlier. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Kiska | AC]

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