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How many bombs were dropped in the United States during World War 2?
by zatkin 11y ago
How many bombs were dropped in the United States during World War 2?
- dba7dba 11y agoA few hundred. By balloons launched from Japanese subs off coast of Northwest US. No accurate record available because the discoveries were strictly kept as secrets.
- kristopolous 11y agohttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/677/67790.jpg http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/0... secrets in 1943 perhaps ... not now though.
- dba7dba 11y agoNot a secret now of course. I'm saying because it was kept secret at that time, not good records were kept.
- twothamendment 11y agoJapanese balloon bombs were just in the news this week. A Utah sheriff had a bit of fun with one in 1945. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=34756436 http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=34756436
- m-i-l 11y agoAlso a discussion on HN about Japanese balloon bombs a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8922927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8922927
- Someone 11y agoThere also was (at least?) one bomb thrown from an airplane (launched from a submarine). http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/ww2/threat/bombs.htm http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/ww2/threat/bomb...: "On September 9, 1942 Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita catapulted from the I-25 near the coast of southern Oregon aboard a seaplane and headed east toward Mt. Emily. His mission was to drop an incendiary (fire) bomb on the thick forest and cause a massive fire that would shock Americans and divert resources from fighting the war." And I guess thousands, including live ones, were dropped in training exercises and during tests.
- aaron695 11y agoDutch Harbor? Are you assuming Pearl Harbor is pre-war?