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Bookmark or Share- Beware Of Japanese Balloon Bombs : NPR History Dept. : NPRThe Japanese balloon bomb, in all its terrible splendor. US Army. Those who forget the past are liable to trip over it. Just a few months ago a couple of forestry workers in Lumby, British...
- History of Deadly Japanese Balloon Bomb in World War II | TIMEMay 5, 2023 7:00 AM EDT. I n late January, a mysterious balloon was spotted floating over U.S. waters and later hovered around Montana above missile sites. The balloon, which turned out to be a...
- In 1945, a Japanese Balloon Bomb Killed Six Americans, Five of Them ...In 1945, a Japanese Balloon Bomb Killed Six Americans, Five of Them Children, in Oregon. The military kept the true story of their deaths, the only civilians to die at enemy hands on the U.S....
- Project Fugo: The Japanese Balloon Bombs - Warfare History NetworkThe Japanese balloon project was revenge for an altogether different morale-smashing mission. In April 1942, four months after the Pearl Harbor attack, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and 16 B-25 medium bombers roared off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to pummel targets in and around Tokyo.
- Japanese Balloon Bombs “Fu-Go” - Nuclear MuseumOn November 3, 1944, Japan released fusen bakudan, or balloon bombs, into the Pacific jet stream. They each carried four incendiaries and one thirty-pound high-explosive bomb. Japan’s latest weapon, the balloon bombs were intended to cause damage and spread panic in the continental United States.
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