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In San Bernardino the Western Stove Company built incendiary bombs. [46] The largest World War II accident in California was the Port Chicago disaster. The Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan exploded on July 17, 1944, while being loaded with ammunition. About 4,600 tons (4,173 tonnes) of explosives had been loaded in the ship's holds at the time.
German scientists had invented vengeance weapons – V-1 flying bombs and V-2 ballistic missiles – and these were used to launch an aerial assault on London and other cities in southern England from continental Europe. The campaign was much less destructive than the Blitz.
The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans.
Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now. Vol. 2. Pictorial Histories Pub. ISBN 1575100517; Military Airfields in World War II – California; Wilson, Art (2008). Runways in the Sand. Blythe, CA: Art Wilson. p. 128. ISBN 978-0615218892. OCLC 316309702. LCC D769.85.C21 B598 2008
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 18] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and France) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
See: Bombing of Milan in World War II. Turin: Italy: June 1940 – April 1945 2,069 [7] –2,199 [8] RAF Bomber Command, USAAF: See: Bombing of Turin in World War II. Palermo: Italy: June 1940 – August 1943 2,123 [9] RAF, USAAF: See: Bombing of Palermo in World War II. London: United Kingdom: 7 September 1940 – May 1941 40,000-43,000 ...
A historic “bomb cyclone” has caused multiple deaths and mass power outages after slamming into Seattle, Washington, as it charts a destructive path through California and Oregon.
May 2017: Three British World War II bombs were defused in Hanover, requiring the evacuation of 50,000 people. [34] September 2017: A bomb dropped by the USAAF during World War II led to the evacuation of 21,000 people in Koblenz. [35] September 2017: 70,000 people had to leave their homes in Frankfurt after a British bomb was discovered. [36]