This bibliography includes books, journals, and videotapes that can be found in Alaska’s libraries or obtained through interlibrary loan. The selected bibliography that follows is divided into twelve parts to aid student researchers in selecting topics: Information about National Historic Landmarks and Monuments related to World War II in Alaska is also included. The lives of Alaskans were forever changed by the experience of war, and the history of that dramatic era is still being written.Ī map of important World War II sites, followed by a summary of Alaska’s World War II experience is included. Still fewer know of the Russian pilots who trained in Fairbanks, the workers who risked their lives building the Alaska Highway, or the Alaska Scouts who patrolled the Bering Sea coast. soil took place in Alaska or that Japanese forces occupied two Aleutian Islands for more than a year. Few people know that the only World War II battle fought on U.S. This renewed interest generates exciting educational opportunities for students and teachers researching this chapter in the history of our state. Alaska’s role as battlefield, lend-lease transfer station, and North Pacific stronghold was often overlooked by historians in the post-war decades, but in recent years awareness has been growing of Alaska’s wartime past. This resource guide is designed to aid students and teachers in researching Alaska’s World War II history. Library and Archives Canada, accession number 1967-052 NPC, item Z-1995-31 Shown are the Infantrymen of the 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group disembarking from a landing craft during operation COTTAGE, the invasion of Kiska. American and Canadian soldiers made an amphibious landing on the island of Kiska, August 16, 1943.
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