# Battle for the Aleutian Islands **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-aleutian-islands/130441 "2002-10-01T20:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-aleutian-islands/130441/1 "2002-10-01T20:26:48Z")
Recently while reading through a massive site of WWII info, I read about the American invasion of the Japanese occupied Aleutian islands. I’ve done some web searches, but not much info has surfaced. Here are my questions: How many Japanese perished defending the islands? How many Americans perished retaking them? Thanks in advance for satiating my curiousity. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-aleutian-islands/130441/2 "2002-10-01T20:40:43Z")
Here’s a pretty good run down ( [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/aleut/aleut.htm](http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/aleut/aleut.htm) ). On a quick read it doesn’t seem to answer all your questions directly but still worthwhile if you’re interested in that aspect of the war. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-aleutian-islands/130441/3 "2002-10-01T20:44:02Z")
Hmmm…upon further reading it looks like all your answers are in the link I provided above. Pretty thorough treatment.