Kunyange zvazvo kurwiswa kwekutanga kwepaPearl Harbor nemaJapan kwakaitika musi waDecember 7, 1941, kuchiteverwa nekurwisa kwechipiri musi iwoyo, zvakakosha kuziva kuti kurwiswa uku kwakanga kusiri nguva yokutanga maJapan akabhomba mauto eAmerica. Kurwisa kwekutanga kwakatanga maawa akawanda izvi zvisati zvaitika uye kwaisanganisira ngarava yepasi pemvura.
Kurwiswa kwacho kwaive pasi-pasi uye kwakaitika mumafungu maviri: imwe na1:30AM uye imwe na5AM. Kurwiswa kuviri uku kwakakonzera kuparadzwa kwezvikepe zvitanhatu, kusanganisira tangi remafuta uye muparadzi. Zvisinei, kukuvara kwacho kwakanga kusina kuipa sezvaizoitika paPearl Harbor.
Iyo Los Angeles Air Raid - chakavanzika chinoshamisa cheHondo yeLos Angeles
Mwedzi mishomanana mushure mePearl Harbor, America yakanga yakanaka kwazvo, kunyanya kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero. Munhu wese aitarisa denga negungwa achitya kumwe kurwiswa nemaJapan. Muchokwadi, imwe ngarava yeJapan yakanga yavhara nzvimbo yemafuta yeEllwood pedyo neSanta Barbara munaFebruary 1942.
Pava paya mwedzi iwoyo, kunetsana kwacho kwakawedzera kuita manyawi. Bharumu yeAWOL yemamiriro ekunze yakakonzera kutya kwekutanga. Pashure pacho, moto waipfutidzwa mudenga usiku, zvichida kuvheneka zvingangotyisidzira kana kuti chiratidzo chengozi. Vanhu vakaona mazhenje sevanorwisa ndege, uye moto wekudzivirira ndege munguva pfupi yakazadza usiku.
Mangwana acho, vagari vemuLos Angeles vanonzi vakamanikidzwa kupfeka masiki egasi. Basa racho rakapfuurira kweusiku hunoverengeka. Mukupedzisira, ivo chete vakakuvara kubva muchiitiko chese vaive vatatu vakabatwa nechirwere chemoyo uye vatatu vakafa nekuda kwehushamwari moto. Hapana ndege yeJapan yakawanikwa, uye maJapan akazoramba kuti ane chero chinhu mumhepo pedyo neLos Angeles panguva iyoyo.
Mauto eNavy pakutanga akazivisa nyaya yese searamu yenhema, asi zuva rakatevera, Dhipatimendi reHondo, richiratidza divi reHondo yenyaya, rakati imwe uye pamwe ndege shanu dzisingazivikanwe dzaive pamusoro peguta husiku ihwohwo.
Ndiyo nyaya yepamutemo, zvirinani. Panguva iyoyo, pakanga paine zvirevo zvekuvharwa uye boka redzidziso dzemusango. Chiitiko ichi chaive makore mashanu pamberi pemushumo waKenneth Arnold unobhururuka sosi uyo wakamutsa kupenga kweUS UFO, asi izvi dzimwe nguva zvinotsanangurwa zvichitsanangurwa seimwe yekutanga kuona kweUFO.
"Vanhu vaive panze husiku ihwohwo vakapika kuti yanga isiri ndege kana bharumu - yaive UFO. Yakayangarara, ichifamba. Uye nanhasi, hapana anogona kutsanangura kuti nhumbi iyi yaive yei, nei pfuti dzedu dzekurwisa ndege dzisingakwanise kuirova - chakavanzika chisina kumbogadziriswa. " -Bill Birnes, Nyanzvi yeUFO, Muparidzi weUFO Magazine
“Tose takabuda tikaiona. Takaona chimwe chinhu, asi chaive chinhu chaicho. Zvaiita sechimwe chinhu chaitenderera zvishoma nezvishoma… Ndakanga ndakamira pedyo nemukuru mukuru wangu, uye akati, 'Kwandiri zvinoita sendege.'”—Mumwe Mupurisa Retired.
Mapepanhau panguva iyoyo aifunga kuti zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvarongwa kuti vatsigire hondo nokuita kuti vanhu vatye. Mishumo yemauto ine miromo isina kuita zvishoma kuderedza kushushikana - kuferefetwa kweruzhinji hakuna kuitwa kusvika makore makumi mana gare gare.
Mashoko ekupedzisira
Mhedzisiro yeGreat Los Angeles Air Raid chaive chimwe chezviitiko zvisinganzwisisike uye zvisingatsananguriki zvenhoroondo yemauto eUS. Kuti chaive chiitiko chaicho here kana kuti kuvharwa nemauto kunoramba kuri nyaya yekufungidzira.
Naizvozvo, nyaya yeHondo yeLos Angeles ndiyo yakafukidzwa nezvakavanzika, uye chokwadi chiri shure kwayo chingasambozivikanwa. Chinozivikanwa ndechekuti chiitiko ichi chakaitika, uye kuti chakakanganisa zvakanyanya vanhu vemuLos Angeles.
