The Alaska Highway Is Completed
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Automobiles, Cars, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Transportation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, Alaska
- Date: October, 1943
Article abstract: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Public Roads Administration completed a 1,621-mile road through subarctic wilderness, linking Alaska with the rest of North America.
Summary of Event
During the first months after American entry into World War II, the need for a reliable land route between the United States and its Alaskan territory became urgent. In early 1942, Japanese forces rapidly advanced across the Pacific. Two islands in the Western Aleutians, Attu and Kiska, were invaded soon afterward. American military planners feared...
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