Enemy offshore! : Japan's secret war on North America's west coast /
"On June 20, 1942, the lighthouse at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island was shelled by the Japanese submarine I-26. It was the first enemy attack on Canadian soil since the War of 1812. But this was only one incident in the incredible and little-known Japanese campaign to terrorize North America...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary :
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.,
[2013]
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| Series: | Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | "On June 20, 1942, the lighthouse at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island was shelled by the Japanese submarine I-26. It was the first enemy attack on Canadian soil since the War of 1812. But this was only one incident in the incredible and little-known Japanese campaign to terrorize North America's west coast and mount an invasion through the Aleutian Islands. Enemy Offshore is a dramatic, comprehensive narrative of the events that unfolded as Japan brought the Second World War to North American shores. Submarines-Japan's formidable I-boats-stalked the West Coast, attacking ships and shore stations. A Japanese aircraft-carrier force attacked Alaska twice, grabbing a footing in North America and launching a bloody conflict in the Aleutians. The Japanese bombed an Oregon forest in an eccentric plan to start mass fires and desperately launched thousands of bomb-laden balloons against Canada and the United States. Here are also the stories of ordinary citizens-fishermen, Natives and wilderness warriors who allied with the military in the extraordinary but largely unknown war on the West Coast"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781927527559 1927527554 9781927527542 1927527546 |
