A Washington communique announces that United States bombers have inflicted heavy damage and losses on Japanese warships operating in the Aleutian Islands group. The upper map shows the group in detail and the lower its situation in relation to Alaska, Siberia and Japan. A few days ago Washington confirmed Tokio'a claims to have made landings on the islands of Attu and Kiska, minor American bases at the western end of the Aleutians.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24302, 17 June 1942, Page 3
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72A Washington communique announces that United States bombers have inflicted heavy damage and losses on Japanese warships operating in the Aleutian Islands group. The upper map shows the group in detail and the lower its situation in relation to Alaska, Siberia and Japan. A few days ago Washington confirmed Tokio'a claims to have made landings on the islands of Attu and Kiska, minor American bases at the western end of the Aleutians. New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24302, 17 June 1942, Page 3
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