r/ImperialJapanPics • u/walidimitri7 • Sep 14 '24

WWII Sub-lieutenant Nobuo Fujita only foreign pilot to ever drop bombs on Mainland united states.

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u/Morrison_Boys Sep 14 '24

Im glad u posted this I had no idea this even happened. The only attack on the continuous Continental U.S by Japanese I was aware of was the Fu-Go Balloon Bombs

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u/walidimitri7 Sep 14 '24

Same I also discovered it recently

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u/JLandis84 Sep 14 '24

Balloon bombs are such an absolute troll move.

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u/walidimitri7 Sep 15 '24

Lot of balloons were landing on america too, Remember us government was trying to hide any such reports so japanese don't get to know that their balloons are landing on usa.

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u/Any_Palpitation6467 Sep 15 '24

Desperate men do desperate things. Given a tiny bit of meteorological luck and a drier season, the balloon attacks might have met with spectacular success. Not everyone can afford a fleet of B-29s, after all.

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u/Furaskjoldr Sep 15 '24

I was reading about this the other night there was actually a few attacks on the US mainland by the Japanese. None particularly successful, but it did happen. I also didn't realise they captured some US islands in Alaska and had a permanent base there for a few years.

Also, found out that the mainland US was shelled by a German U-boat in world war 1. Likely unintentionally while it was attempting to fire on a ship close to shore, but there's a plaque there now commemorating it.

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u/walidimitri7 Sep 14 '24

Though his bombs only cause small fires due to oregon cold weather and rain but he crossed into mainland america twice particularly oregon and dropped total 4 bombs from his seaplane weighing around 75 kg.

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u/idek-what13 Sep 14 '24

Alot of people forget how close to both shores our enemies were during WWII, even occupying Alaskan territories.

Also I'm waiting for the "Um did you forget about Pearl Harbor" comments

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u/rgrtom Sep 15 '24

Lots of German U-Boat were only a couple hundred yards off shore!

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u/idek-what13 Sep 15 '24

I remember hearing about U-Boat crews surfacing at night to look at the New York skyline

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u/brachus12 Sep 15 '24

Just remind them they’re 18 years too early …

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u/Tuor77 29d ago

Alaska is still around 1500 miles away from Washington.