![]() ![]() Stations went off the air, commercial airliners were groundedĪnd ships were ordered to stay in port. Out and citizens sandbagged their homes and businesses. Trained, were rushed to various points along the coast to prepareĭefenses against an invasion. Soldiers from west coast Army posts, some of them only partially ![]() Naval base, important oilįacilities and a large ethnic Japanese community existed side-by-side. Martial law was declared on Terminal Island in These fears lead to a series of immediate and unusual events None of these things were true, but every such rumor was To carry out attacks behind American lines if and when an invasionĬame. Market the Japanese were secretly organized into military units Japanese fishermen were mining harbors supplying food, fuelĪnd secret information to submarines off the coast Japaneseįarmers were poisoning fruits and vegetables they brought to Of all, there were wild and unfair rumors about the ethnic Japanese: Of periscope sightings and of many other fearful things. Were rumors of air attacks, rumors that secret Japanese air basesĮxisted in California's deserts or in Mexico, rumors of sabotage, Seen in California water and of actual Japanese landings. Wild rumors circulated of Japanese invasion fleets being Within days of the attack on Hawaii, Japanese submarines wereĪttacking merchant ships off California's coast reinforcing thoseįears. Hawaii, at any time on California cities. Similar attacks, possibly by the same naval force that attacked When Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec.ħ, 1941 California was racked from north to south with near panicĬonditions because tens of thousands of its citizens expected To some of the most traumatic events that happened during the The Second World War California was witness ![]() California Military History: California and World War II California Military ![]()
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