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[–] derram ago 

https://archive.fo/wFqpU :

Battle of Attu: 75 years ago, all but 28 Japanese soldiers died in brutal conflict - The Washington Post

'Their blockade meant that no Japanese forces could arrive to evacuate wounded or provide fresh soldiers and ammunition. '

'Native Unangans were slaughtered there by Russian traders in the 18th century, and few who had survived disease were left when Japanese troops captured the island in June 1942. '

'Soldiers on Attu, the only land battle of the campaign, trudged through waist-deep snow in leather boots unsuitable for the freezing conditions. '

'Historians have long debated the Japanese strategy to capture a string of islands in the western Aleutians in June 1942. '

'U.S. troops buried 2,351 Japanese soldiers in mass graves when the fighting ended May 30. '


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