During the Pacific War, on May 29, 1943, the Japanese garrison on Attu Island launched a banzai charge against the American forces and was completely annihilated. American soldiers stared at the corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the ice and snow.

 　During the Pacific War, on May 29, 1943, Japanese garrison soldiers on Attu Island launched a Banzai charge against American forces, suffering total annihilation and dying in a last stand. American soldiers stared intently at the corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the ice and snow. The Japanese military resisted the fierce American assault on Attu Island from May 11 to May 30, 1943. In the bitter cold and snow, a mere 2,500-strong Japanese garrison held out against the Americans. 

    Located at the western end of the Aleutian Islands, the Battle of Attu in the Pacific War began on June 7, 1942, when U.S. forces launched an operation to retake the American territory of Attu Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces. In the final stages, the Japanese soldiers fought to the last man and were annihilated. Japan's Imperial General Headquarters was preoccupied with the Battle of Guadalcanal, leading to Attu being underestimated and neglected. 

   The U.S. forces suffered heavy casualties due to the blizzards on Attu and the fierce resistance of the Japanese troops. The Japanese forces carried out the first kamikaze assault of the Pacific War and were completely wiped out. American soldiers, lacking any experience in extreme cold and insufficiently trained in amphibious landing operations, were sent from warm sunshine to the bitter cold of the Aleutian Islands. The U.S. military had no surplus forces to spare for the Aleutian campaign. They bypassed Kiska Island, heavily defended by the Japanese, and invaded Attu Island, where rear defenses were thin.

   Cut off from retreat, the Japanese forces resolved to fight to the end. 2,650 Japanese soldiers defended Attu Island. After their final assault failed, 500 Japanese soldiers committed mass suicide by detonating grenades together on a mountainside, marking the bloody finale of this battle. The American forces suffered 549 combat deaths, while the Japanese forces saw 2,351 killed or committed suicide, with only 28 taken prisoner. The garrison on Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands, facing certain doom, miraculously succeeded in escaping from the American forces.