Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by zatkin on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:40AM
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How many bombs were dropped in the United States during World War 2?
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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by dba7dba on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:46AM
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A 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.
Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by kristopolous on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:51AM
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/0... secrets in 1943 perhaps ... not now though.
Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by dba7dba on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @03:32PM
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Not a secret now of course. I'm saying because it was kept secret at that time, not good records were kept.
Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by Someone on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:09AM
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There also was (at least?) one bomb thrown from an airplane (launched from a submarine). 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.
Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by twothamendment on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:58AM
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Japanese balloon bombs were just in the news this week. A Utah sheriff had a bit of fun with one in 1945.
Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L...
by m-i-l on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @04:14AM
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Also a discussion on HN about Japanese balloon bombs a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8922927