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Battle of Los Angeles - Wikipedia The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late February 24, to early February 25, 1942, over Los Angeles, California [1][2][3
Battle Los Angeles (2011) - IMDb Battle Los Angeles: Directed by Jonathan Liebesman With Aaron Eckhart, Ramón Rodríguez, Will Rothhaar, Cory Hardrict A squad of U S Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion
World War II’s Bizarre ‘Battle of Los Angeles’ - HISTORY On February 25, 1942, an infamous false alarm saw American military units unleash a torrent of anti-aircraft fire in the skies over Los Angeles In the frantic weeks that followed the Pearl
Siege of Los Angeles - Wikipedia The siege of Los Angeles, [1] was a military response by armed Mexican civilians to the August 1846 occupation of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles by the United States Marines during the Mexican–American War
The Mysterious Battle of Los Angeles, 1942 - laalmanac. com On the morning of February 25, 1942, at 2:00 a m , U S Army radar reportedly detected an unidentified object or objects about 120 miles off the coast of Los Angeles Military authorities in the Los Angeles area ordered all air defenses fully manned Air raid alarms were initiated and a full blackout was ordered across the city
The Battle of Los Angeles - Celebrate California On the evening of February 24, 1942, an anti-aircraft barrage of more than 1,440 rounds is launched at what is initially thought to be a Japanese aerial attack on the City of Angels Five civilians die – three from traffic accidents spawned by the chaos and two from heart attacks What, if anything, is being fired upon remains a mystery
WWII Battles: The Battle of Los Angeles - Warfare History Network In the predawn hours of February 25, the sky above Los Angeles erupted with antiaircraft shells The so-called “Battle of Los Angeles” was on Apparently, the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade had swung into action with the report of an object sighted above the city
The Battle of Los Angeles: The Enemy Attack That Never . . . On the evening of February 23, 1942, the west coast saw its worst fears realized when Japanese submarine I-17 surfaced near Santa Barbara and attacked the Ellwood Oil Field It hurled approximately two dozen artillery shells, and the attack marked the first and only time the mainland was bombed during WWII Bombardment of Ellwood
The Battle of Los Angeles - by Martin Cherrett 25th February 1942: US Army anti-aircraft batteries open a barrage of fire at possible Japanese planes believed to be about to attack Los Angeles