Operation Cottage

Operation Cottage
	Part of the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II
	; American troops landing on Kiska
Date	15 August 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	None
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 tactical maneuver which completed the Aleutian Islands campaign. On 15 August 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 300 casualties in total during the operation from Japanese landmines and booby traps, friendly fire incidents, and vehicle accidents.

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