Operation Cottage

Operation Cottage
Part of the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II
Landing ships unloading after the landings on Kiska
Date August 15, 1943 Location Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S. Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States Canada	Japan (not present)
Commanders and leaders
Charles Corlett Harry W. Foster	Not present
Units involved
7th Infantry Division 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment US Navy Task Group 16.22 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade 1st Special Service Force	None present
Strength
34,000 5,300	Sea mines, mines, booby traps
Casualties and losses
92 killed 221 wounded Landing forces: 32 killed 100 wounded U.S Navy: 1 destroyer (USS Abner Read) heavily damaged 71 killed 47 wounded	None

Operation Cottage was a joint American-Canadian plan to complete the recapture of the Aleutian Islands from the Japanese in 1943. Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. However, the Japanese had secretly abandoned the island two weeks earlier, and so the Allied landings were unopposed. Allied forces suffered over 500 casualties during the operation from Japanese mines and booby traps, friendly fire incidents, and vehicle accidents.