Ghosts in the Fog Author:Samantha Seiple Few know the story of the Japanese invasion of Alaska during world war 2 - until now. — On June 7, 1942, Japan invaded Alaska. On June 10, 1942, the U.S. Navy denied it happened. The Japanese invasion and occupation of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska was shrouded in secrecy. This secrecy was not only for security reasons but also to avoid provokin... more »g a widespread panic across the United States and to avoid acknowledging the fact that the westernmost section of Alaska was now in danger of becoming part of Japan's expanding empire.
Decades after World War 2, the U.S. government kept the documents about the Japanese invasion of Alaska classified, and the native Alaska people who were evacuated and placed in internment camps didn't want to talk about it. Because of their silence, one of the bloodiest and deadliest hand-to-hand battles between the United States and Japan was virtually forgotten. This is the story they didn't want you to know.« less