Bombs raining down over Los Angeles, West Coast air fields covered in chicken wire— this is the side of World War II you never knew took place
Bombs raining down over Los Angeles, West Coast air fields covered in chicken wire — this is the side of World War II you never knew took place.
The infamous Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941 will forever be remembered as one of America’s greatest tragedies. Myriads of Americans were killed, and 21 ships and 188 aircraft were destroyed. Until the attack, Americans had lived in peace while their allies across the Atlantic were ravished by war. Pearl Harbor changed everything.
The Pearl Harbor invasion was the final straw that led to America officially joining the war against Nazi Germany and its ally, Japan.
Meanwhile, people on the West Coast lived in constant fear of another Japanese attack.
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