Operation Cottage

Operation Cottage
Part of the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II
American troops landing on Kiska
Date August 15, 1943 Location Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States 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 4th Infantry Regiment 53rd Infantry Regiment 184th Infantry Regiment 10th Mountain Division 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment US Navy Task Group 16.22 6th Canadian Infantry Division 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[1] 221 wounded Landing forces: 32 killed[2] 100 wounded U.S Navy: 1 destroyer (USS Abner Read) heavily damaged 71 killed 47 wounded	None

Operation Cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the Aleutian Islands campaign. On August 15, 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 in total during the operation from Japanese landmines and booby traps, friendly fire incidents, and vehicle accidents.^[1][3]