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Author Coen, Ross

Title Fu-go : the Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America
Published Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (430 pages)
Series Studies in War, Society, and the Military
Studies in war, society, and the military.
Contents Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Paper -- 2. Thermopolis -- 3. Alturas -- 4. BW -- 5. Alaska -- 6. Defense -- 7. Canada -- 8. Censorship -- 9. Summer -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Ross Coen -- Series List
Summary Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and high-explosive bombs designed to follow the westerly winds of the upper atmosphere and drift to the west coast of North America. After reaching the mainland, these fu-go, the Japanese hoped, would terrorize American citizens and ignite devastating forest fires across the western states, ultimately causing the United States to divert wartime resources to deal with the domestic crisis. While the fu-go
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Balloons -- West (U.S.)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
Military operations, Aerial -- Japanese
Balloons
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- History, Military
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004751
Subject West United States
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803256682
080325668X