| War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast Contributor(s): Coyle, Brendan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1894384466 ISBN-13: 9781894384469 Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: When Chief Gunner Hashiro Hayashi took dead aim on British Columbia's Estevan Point Lighthouse and wireless station on a June morning in 1942, the realities of war had come to North America. Sixty years later, the fascinating events of that era and their impact on both the Canadian and American psyche remain unknown to much of the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Political Science |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| LCCN: 2003386497 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.58" W x 8.68" (0.69 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North Americans as Canadian and American soldiers, airmen and sailors went north to hold the Japanese in check. This is the complete story of the war in the North Pacific, including details of: Japanese subs lurking off the west coast, sinking ships and shelling the coast of British Columbia; the submarine-launched airplane that bombed Oregon's forests; the surreal tale of balloon-bombs crossing the Pacific to North America. |