[ExcursionGuy84]

I read that the U.S. Soldiers that were sent to retake Attu Island were trained for Desert Warfare and not fully-equiped at all for the Winter-Tundra like climate.

[Vigilanteman]

That is correct. But you have to remember that Attu was the first and only major battle in the Pacific War which did not take place in a jungle or island environment.

Right up until the time Attu was re-invaded, much of the U.S. Military was against the operation, not only because of the difficulties likely to be encountered (underestimated as they were), but due to the island's dubious strategic value and the Japanese military resources it was consuming.

In the end, however, the operation went forward because of the national shame of allowing a foreign enemy army to occupy American soil, the first time this had happened since the Battle of New Orleans some 128 years before.

[PAR35]

I read that the U.S. Soldiers that were sent to retake Attu Island were trained for Desert Warfare and not fully-equiped at all for the Winter-Tundra like climate.

That's fair enough, as the armored troops sent to North Africa were the only ones not trained in desert warfare, as I recall.