justgot86d t1_j79eios wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:14 AM Reply to TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. by McKFC The peak of the "West Coast Warscare" Preceded by the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery The internment of Japanese Americans would be initiated shortly after Permalink 1
justgot86d t1_j79eios wrote
Reply to TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. by McKFC
The peak of the "West Coast Warscare"
Preceded by the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery
The internment of Japanese Americans would be initiated shortly after