How Did American Soldiers Survive The Harsh Alaskan Winter? | Battlezone | War Stories
American Soldiers fighting in the Aleutian Islands Campaign during the Second World War were subjected so brutal conditions. Harsh winters have been the undoing of many powerful armies in the past, how were the American’s able to adapt?
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00:00 Introduction
01:10 The Aleutians
02:40 Midway & Dutch Harbor
05:03 HH Promo
05:42 West Coast
07:52 American Offensive
10:04 War In Winter
16:31 Attu
20:35 Kiska
22:23 Labor shortages
23:53 Paramushiro
26:18 Makin & Tarawa
27:59 Quebec
30:52 Cairo
32:34 Gilbert Islands
34:24 Makin
36:06 Betio & Tarawa