Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Japan during World War II managed to pull off an air campaign over America. It didn't go well.
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00:00 - Intro
02:00 - The Idea Behind Fu-Go
04:32 - Design and Planning
07:07 - Fu-Go Begins
10:29 - Aftermath
Music used:
"Shades of Spring" and "At Launch" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com
Sources:
- Coen, Ross Allen. Fu-go: The curious history of japan’s balloon bomb attack on america. Lincoln, Nebraska: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2014.
- Mikesh, Robert C. Japan’s World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972.
- Press, The Canadian. “Military Unit Blows WWII-Era Japanese Balloon Bomb to ‘Smithereens.’” The Globe and Mail, October 10, 2014. theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/object-found-in-forest-may-be-second-world-war-era-japanese-balloon-bomb/article21065545/.
Japan during World War II managed to pull off an air campaign over America. It didn't go well.
By clicking my link piavpn.com/EmperorTigerstar get 83% discount on Private Internet Access! That's just $2.03 a month, and also get 4 extra months completely for free!
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
00:00 - Intro
02:00 - The Idea Behind Fu-Go
04:32 - Design and Planning
07:07 - Fu-Go Begins
10:29 - Aftermath
Music used:
"Shades of Spring" and "At Launch" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com
Sources:
- Coen, Ross Allen. Fu-go: The curious history of japan’s balloon bomb attack on america. Lincoln, Nebraska: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2014.
- Mikesh, Robert C. Japan’s World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972.
- Press, The Canadian. “Military Unit Blows WWII-Era Japanese Balloon Bomb to ‘Smithereens.’” The Globe and Mail, October 10, 2014. theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/object-found-in-forest-may-be-second-world-war-era-japanese-balloon-bomb/article21065545/.
