Your History Book Forgot This: Japan s Occupation of Alaska
Alaskan islands seized by Japanese forces remain one of the only cases in which enemy forces successfully occupied U.S. territory during the 20th century.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Like many other places in the Pacific War, the Japanese capture of the islands was quiet and easy - and their liberation was a grueling, bloody struggle.
There has been growing concern in recent years over the state of U.S. Arctic defenses. In fact, few Americans remember that Alaskan islands seized by Japanese forces remain one of the only cases in which enemy forces successfully occupied U.S. territory during the 20th century.
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Beginning in December 2020, conspiracytheoristspublishedTikTokvideos that warned the Microsoft search engine, Bing.com, had confirmed an upcoming and successful Chinese invasion of the United States. In the videos, TikTok users directed viewers to visit Bing.com to type in “China invade USA” (without quotes). The videos showed a snippet result on the right-hand side called “Invasion of the U.S. Mainland,” apparently scheduled for 2020-2025 with a “Red Chinese victory.”
It’s true that entering the text “China invade USA” (without quotes) on Bing.com will bring up the result seen in the image above.
However, the snippet on the right titled “Invasion of the U.S. Mainland” was not a confirmation or prediction of war by Bing.com, nor was it a news story. The embedded content was nothing more than a search engine results preview of fiction writing from the Future section of the website Fandom.com.