How hidden WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and ...

War of Secrets: Cryptology in WWII - National Museum of the USAF

All the major powers used complex machines that turned ordinary text into secret code. A German machine called Enigma and an American device known as SIGABA are ...

Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 - Nuclear Museum

Frederick Ashworth, the plane's weaponeer proposed bombing Nagasaki using radar. At that moment, a small opening in the clouds at the end of the three-minute ...

World War II Facts - FDR Presidential Library & Museum

Secret agreement between FDR and Stalin about USSR's entry in war against Japan, including concessions to USSR of Japanese territory. Agreement as to voting ...

How a secret weapon built in Cincinnati helped end World War II

"So in September of 1945, the curtain is pulled back, and the secret of that proximity fuse is revealed, and people could finally start talking ...

Secret Weapons, Forgotten Sacrifices | National Archives

Scientific R & D in World War II Spring 2016, Vol. 48, No. 1 By Adam Kline with Robyn Dexter PDF version Enlarge The frontispiece of an OSRD ...

Were Japanese Balloon Bombs Released Over the US During WWII?

The Japanese balloon bomb offensive on U.S. soil was a closely guarded secret for the latter part of World War II.

Guam in World War II - National Park Service

War in the Pacific National Historical Park is located on the ... concealed by heavy undergrowth, and bristling with automatic weapons.

World War II Bomb Dropped by U.S. Explodes at Japanese Airport

While these bombs are typically discovered under controlled conditions, their unpredictable nature, as highlighted by Wednesday's incident, ...

Pearl Harbor (article) | World War II - Khan Academy

The United States was now immersed in a war it would conduct simultaneously in Europe and the Pacific. ... World War II if the Japanese had not bombed Pearl ...

The USS Edsall, sunk by Japanese forces in World War II, has been ...

Wreckage Of USS Indianapolis, Sunk By Japanese In WWII, Found In Pacific ... The Edsall produced a wall of smoke to hide its position and ...

War Memorial, Lake County - Oregon History Project

Elyse Mitchell and the five children were the only known World War II fatalities in the continental U.S. as a result of enemy action. Further Reading: Webber, ...

World War II - Bombs...Away!

Britain and Germany battled for supremacy of the skies over Britain - the first ever military battle of the sky. Bombing did not begin until 1940 in Britain, ...

Disposal crews remove WWII bombs found in German town near US ...

The 1,100-pound bomb, measuring 3 feet in length and 20 inches in diameter, was defused Thursday at around 1 a.m., Lehmeier said. The three-man ...

'One of the Most Bizarre and Obscure Chapters of Modern Warfare ...

About 300 were sighted or found in North America, with 32 balloon bombs turning up in Montana, including one in Kalispell. By Butch Larcombe ...

Is unexploded World War II ammunition abandoned property - PacLII

Vast quantities of ammunition, ranging from cartridges for small arms to high explosive shells for large coastal defence and naval guns, as well as aerial bombs ...

Balloon Bombs — How Japan Killed Americans At Home In WWII

The light, sturdy frame was saddled with bags of sand, sensors, triggering devices and a 33 lb. anti-personnel fragmentation bomb. Because the ...

OMGA's Great Balloon Bomb Invasion to launch on discovery+ - News

... secret WW2 attack on the U.S. mainland. ... Between 1944 and 1945, the Japanese launched more than 9000 bomb-rigged balloons across the Pacific, ...

Japanese Balloon Bombs Targeted the US During WWII

During World War II, Japan used balloons to strike the US as US troops advanced across the Pacific. Japan had limited resources, and bomb ...

The U.S., Britain and the WW II bombing campaign in Europe

The atomic bomb may have been the most closely held secret of WW II, but codebreaking in Poland and later at London's Bletchley Park surely came a close second.

Tiny Pacific island Nauru declares disaster ahead of WW2 bomb ...

The unexploded bomb was discovered by construction workers working on utilities groundworks on July 7.