Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa, Russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies...
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KISKA (Hungarian: Kisegitő Karhatalmi Alakulat) was a force attached to the Royal Hungarian Army during the brief period of Arrow Cross Party rule late...
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The Japanese occupation of Kiska took place between 6 June 1942 and 28 July 1943 during the Aleutian Islands campaign of the American Theater and the...
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Operation Cottage (redirect from Battle of Kiska)
Islands campaign. On August 15, 1943, Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. However...
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Andrej Kiska (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈandrej ˈkiska]; born 2 February 1963) is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served...
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Kiska Harbor is an inlet on the east coast of the island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Kiska Harbor is bounded by North Head on the north...
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Aleutian Islands campaign (redirect from Kiska Campaign)
Dutch Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, where the remoteness of the islands and the challenges of weather and terrain...
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Look up kiska or kiška in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kiska is a surname. Slovak feminine form: Kisková. Notable people with the surname include:...
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Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It may also refer to: Kiska Harbor, Kiska island Kiska Volcano, Kiska island...
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USNS Kiska (T-AE-35), ex-USS Kiska (AE-35) was one of five ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command of the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. The...
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Kiska (died March 9, 2023) was a captive orca housed at Marineland of Canada. She was nicknamed the World's Loneliest Orca because she spent the last...
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The Japanese Occupation Site on Kiska island (along with Attu Island) in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska is where the Imperial...
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Little Kiska Island is an island off east coast of the island of Kiska in the Rat Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands) in Alaska. It lies immediately...
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Megan Kiska is an American military officer in the Idaho Air National Guard and politician from Idaho. Kiska was a Republican member of Idaho House of...
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landed on 7 June 1942, the day after the invasion of nearby Kiska. Along with the Kiska landing, it was the first time that the continental United States...
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USCGC Kiska (WPB-1336) is an Island-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard, named for the island of Kiska, Alaska. The Island-class patrol boats...
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Peter Kiška (born 10 May 1981) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kissos Kissonerga F.C. in Cypriot Fourth Division. Peter Kiška at...
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candidate secured majority, Robert Fico and Andrej Kiska qualified to second round. On 29 March 2014, Kiska won the second round of the elections after securing...
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political party in Slovakia. It was founded by former President Andrej Kiska in 2019. Kiska became the party's leader at the founding convention on 28 September...
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Kiska-Yelga (Russian: Киска-Елга; Bashkir: Ҡыҫҡайылға, Qıśqayılğa) is a rural locality (a selo) in Urtakulsky Selsoviet, Buzdyaksky District, Bashkortostan...
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June 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy invaded and captured Attu Island and Kiska. This marked the first time in 130 years that United States soil was under...
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Gazala Battle of Dutch Harbor Battle of Midway Aleutian Islands campaign Kiska Attu Blue First Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad Rzhev Jubilee...
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through American lines. The strategic position of the islands of Attu and Kiska off Alaska's coast meant their locations could control the sea lanes across...
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Kiska (Russian: Киска; Altay: Кыска, Kıska) is a rural locality (a selo) in Choyskoye Rural Settlement of Choysky District, the Altai Republic, Russia...
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developed in collaboration with KISKA, Audi, and Dallara. KTM developed its X-Bow road cars in collaboration with design studio KISKA, Audi, and Dallara. It uses...
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of the United States during World War II through the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Despite the first loss...
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group to its east. The islands in the group are, from west to east, Kiska, Little Kiska, Segula, Hawadax or Kryssei, Khvostof, Davidof, Little Sitkin, Amchitka...
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Kiska Army Airfield is an abandoned military airfield, first Japanese and then US, on Kiska island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. The airfield on Kiska...
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Kiska is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link]...
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