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Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion

By BILL , Yenne

Book information

Publisher
Brisance Books Group LLC;Regnery Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9781621575542, 1621575543
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3729873 bytes)
Pages
321 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1939-1945 -- Japan;Civil defense -- Pacific States1939-1945 -- Pacific States;World War1939-1945--Japan;World War1939-1945--Pacific States;History;World WarCivil defense;Civil defense--Pacific States;HISTOR

Description

The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over AmericaÂ#x97;the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots cou.

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