Operation Cottage

Operation cottage was based on two key assumptions.

Operation cottage. On august 15 1943 allied military forces landed on kiska island which had been occupied by japanese forces since june 1942. Operation cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the aleutian islands campaign. Operation cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the aleutian islands campaign.

The assault began in the predawn hours of august 15 with a heavy coastal barrage by an armada of nearly 100 allied war ships. The concept of operation cottage involved amphibious landings at two locations named the northern and the southern sector on the 22 mile long island. The japanese however had secretly abandoned the island two weeks prior and so the allied landings were unopposed.

That the allied staff might have had an unrealistic impression of japanese resilience and fortitude in august 1943 is understandable given the context of prior events in the pacific. On d day the first landings would be in the southern sector. On august 15 1943 allied military forces landed on kiska island which had been occupied by japanese forces since june 1942.

The japanese occupied kiska and the japanese would not retreat from kiska. Operation cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the aleutian islands campaign. The japanese however had secretly abandoned the island two weeks prior and so the allied landings were unopposed.

On august 15 1943 allied military forces landed on kiska island which had been occupied by japanese forces since june 1942.