1 real historical location · United States
Steven Spielberg's satirical comedy depicting the mass panic that gripped Los Angeles after Pearl Harbor, as paranoid civilians and bumbling military scramble to defend against a feared Japanese invasion. More farce than history, but a unique take on the home front hysteria of December 1941.
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Spielberg's 1979 comedy depicts the hysteria gripping Los Angeles in the days after Pearl Harbor — military units blundering through civilian neighbourhoods ...
After Pearl Harbor, genuine fear of Japanese attack gripped the US West Coast. In February 1942 anti-aircraft guns fired at an imaginary raid over Los Angeles in the 'Battle of Los Angeles'. Japanese submarine I-17 di...
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