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Japan occupied the two westernmost of the Aleutians, Kiska and Attu, as a feint to draw the US north at the Battle of Midway. It did not work because the US had already broken the Japanese code. The Imperial Japanese Army held the islands for two years, and then in an uncharacteristic move retreated rather then defending them. The US still took the threat to Alaska seriously, and put much into protecting it.

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