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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 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.
Feb 23, 2017 · 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.
Feb 23, 2017 · From the Archives: The 1942 Battle of L.A. By Scott Harrison. Feb. 23, 2017 12 PM PT. Following the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, war jitters swept the Southland. By February 1942,...
Mar 11, 2011 · 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.
Battle: Los Angeles (also known as Battle: LA, stylised as Battle Los Angeles in the opening sequence and internationally as World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles) is a 2011 American military science-fiction action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and written by Chris Bertolini.
“The Battle of Los Angeles” During the night of 24/25 February 1942, unidentified objects caused a succession of alerts in southern California. On the 24th, a warning issued by naval intelligence indicated that an attack could be expected within the next ten hours.
Jan 19, 2018 · On December 23, 1941, those submarines sank the oil tanker Montebello off California’s coast, and then attacked the lumber ship SS Absaroka the very next day, causing minor damage and...
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.
Mar 19, 2019 · Since December, Japanese submarines had rampaged up and down the coast, attacking nearly a dozen merchant ships and sinking two within sight of shore, but these were the first cannon shells of an enemy from across the seas to fall in anger upon the continental United States since the War of 1812.
Jan 24, 2022 · The Battle of Los Angeles is the name given by modern historians to the incident associated with rumors of an enemy attack and the subsequent barrage of air defense forces that occurred on the night of 24 to 25 February 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
