The Alaska Incident, also known as the the Alaska Crisis and part of the Y2K Crisis, was a three month armed confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, when a Soviet intervention force occupied Alaskan territory after an insurrection by the Alaska National Guard. The crisis lasted from July 26th to September 2nd, 1999. The confrontation was the first time the Soviet Union and the United States had escalated to combat since the start of the Cold War.
In 1999...
Background
US-Soviet Relations
Prelude
Conception
Soviet Military Deployments
Annual Training Exercises
Seizure of Alaska
President Notified
Responses Considered
Negotiations Fail
Lockdown and Quarantine
Mobilization
Federalization of the 1-444
Deployment of the 82nd Airborne and Carrier Strike Group 11
Battle of Joint Base Elmendorf
Battle for the Fjords and Evacuation of Seward
Crisis Deepens
International Response
Soviet Intervention
Soviet Mobilization
Second Battle of Anchorage
Actions in the Gulf of Alaska
Liberation of Fort Wainwright
Aftermath
