TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by McKFC t3_10tsv68 2 years ago in todayilearned 41 comments 401
SirCarboy t1_j7an0f8 wrote 2 years ago Wait til you find out us Aussies had a war with Emus! Permalink 1 renasissanceman6 t1_j7az7q6 wrote 2 years ago Well that one was actually real. Permalink Parent 1
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