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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by dba7dba on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:46AM (#9609394)
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.
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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by kristopolous on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:51AM (#9609416)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/0... secrets in 1943 perhaps ... not now though.
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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by dba7dba on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @03:32PM (#9613748)
Not a secret now of course. I'm saying because it was kept secret at that time, not good records were kept.
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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by Someone on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:09AM (#9609588)
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.

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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by twothamendment on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:58AM (#9609429)
Japanese 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

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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by m-i-l on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @04:14AM (#9610013)
Also a discussion on HN about Japanese balloon bombs a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8922927
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Re:An interactive map showing every German bomb dropped on L... by aaron695 on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @03:05AM (#9609785)
Dutch Harbor?

Are you assuming Pearl Harbor is pre-war?

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