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When a Japanese Submarine Attacked California
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10 ай бұрынWhile we all remember Pearl Harbor, it was not the only time in World War II that Japan attacked the United States. In February of 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy had a submarine surface off the coast of California and bombard the shore with shells. And while the Ellwood Oil Field near Santa Barbara took little actual damage, the attack left quite an impression on the American people. Through the national fear it created, this weak Japanese attack managed to cause the Battle of Los Angeles, a night of city-wide panic which saw anti-aircraft guns fired into the sky while five people died in the chaos. It all teaches a valuable lesson on the danger of wartime anxiety, but I'll leave that to a history teacher. Instead, enjoy the story of World War II's forgotten Japanese attack.
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@VannilaBrothers 9 ай бұрын
They should’ve just texted everyone saying missiles were inbound in 15 minutes
@Morningstar2216 3 ай бұрын
“Texted “ … seriously, you are joking right … WWII.
@VannilaBrothers 2 ай бұрын
@@Morningstar2216🤓👆
@CreamyRage 9 ай бұрын
Can't wait to be one of those people who can say they've been here before you got big when you inevitably get hundreds of thousands of subs
@A-Grain-of-Salt 9 ай бұрын
Let's hope you're right!
@LloydBraun11 Ай бұрын
Let's just hope those subs won't be Japanese!
@KarlPienaar 9 ай бұрын
The most amazing thing about this channel is that it hasn't gone huge yet. Best kept secret on the internet. Please keep up the great work, it's gonna go massive soon.
@Marylandbrony 9 ай бұрын
2,000 drunk people breaking windows and singing "God bless America" sounds like the thing i do every weekend. But instead it's doing PCP and listening to System of a Down.
@tttjj111 9 ай бұрын
That threat "might" have worked, if i hadnt gotten drunk and fallen through all my windows already
@ljphoenix4341 9 ай бұрын
I f*cking love this channel. The dry humour, and great storytelling is 👌🔥
@themeadman 2 ай бұрын
The term "dry humor" has always been a little funny to me, I always think, "Is there a whet humor?" And that just sounds wrong.
@BBQsaucemix 9 ай бұрын
I love your videos! How you're still criminally under-subscribed is baffling. Keep the wit coming!
@qupjproductions2723 9 ай бұрын
For the quality of these videos I’m surprised how few subscribers you have. Just a suggestion, you should do a video on the 1904 Olympic Marathon, it you haven’t heard of it.
@A-Grain-of-Salt 9 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'll take a look at it
@themanthemitchthelegend6183 9 ай бұрын
This channel is honestly just so good with every video! Keep up the amazing content, can’t wait for you to blow up!
@DGAMINGDE 9 ай бұрын
Congrats to 10k in advance. You deserve it and this stuff is informative and hilarious.
@ctrlw__7-years-ago Ай бұрын
Dude your videos are so funny, legit the only channel that is funny throughout the entirety of the video
@microglobe1861 17 күн бұрын
Beautiful presentation. Some truth explained to me with good production values, I'll take it. Cheers
@tenzokenma5289 2 ай бұрын
This is suuuuch a great channel
@dustyt6226 2 ай бұрын
another great video
@fasteddievids 9 ай бұрын
10/10. Well done Sir
@einantassteinas7038 9 ай бұрын
How the hell this brilliant, genius and witty channel has so few subscribers and views? Please do not stop, you will become big, I am sure of it!
@codfounder 9 ай бұрын
so good!
@someone6764 9 ай бұрын
I love videos! Just a suggestion but maybe you could make one on Agent Garbo? He was a farmer turned double agent from Spain working for Great Britain during WWII. Supposedly he was a kickass spy and lied to the Nazis about D-Day and convinced them they were landing on a different beach or something along those lines im a bit hazy on the details. Either way could be interesting and would love to see it in your style.
@A-Grain-of-Salt 9 ай бұрын
I'll take a look at it! Thank you for the suggestion :)
@mggrbovic007 9 ай бұрын
@@A-Grain-of-SaltGarbo is extensively covered, doing one on Duško Popov, another double cross agent, would be more interesting IMO. Or the overall double cross system, and how incompetent the German intelligence agency in WW2 (the Abwher) was.
@eric6504 7 ай бұрын
The Kozos joke made me lol actually, nice 😂
@kevinmichaels3281 20 күн бұрын
Bro I hope u keep making content you are fucking hilarious 😂
@BudsCartoon 2 ай бұрын
I read that he was at a banquet and fell down the stairs and the people laughed at him.
@conormilroy6396 9 ай бұрын
God history is cool. Here I am learning stuff we’d never learn in school
@jtgd Ай бұрын
Avenge the damaged door!
@eddenoy321 Ай бұрын
After the Japanese attacked Ellwood , they set out to attack Jake and the whole band.
@expressvirus19 6 ай бұрын
You mean this wasn’t just a movie
@homoe7976 9 ай бұрын
The boys in blue will drive off the Imperial Japanese Navy, I am sure of it!
@mattshaff3360 Ай бұрын
The origin of the movie “1941”.
@edwardpate6128 9 ай бұрын
Hollywood!
@johnmorris4003 9 ай бұрын
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
@rantsinarobe4099 9 ай бұрын
0:57 "It all makes you harken back to a simpler time when a group of rioters would pause to pay tribute to their country and teenagers were named Ethel"🧐🤣 This channel is awesome.
@Casmaniac 9 ай бұрын
The other Kozo being a breathing technique expert is quite ironic considering the sub commander most likely died by drowning when they sunk him
@A-Grain-of-Salt 9 ай бұрын
He actually survived the war! The submarine I-17 was sunk in 1943 but Nishino had been transferred to a different one by then. So maybe he was in fact the same Kozo Nishino who went on to coin that breathing technique using his knowledge of underwater living.
@Casmaniac 9 ай бұрын
@@A-Grain-of-Salt The plot thickens. Great fodder for an aspiring novelist lol
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