Nangona uhlaselo lokuqala lwasemoyeni kwiPearl Harbour ngamaJapan lwenzeka ngoDisemba 7, 1941, lulandelwa luhlaselo lwesibini ngalolo suku, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba olu hlaselo lwalungelokuqala ukuba iJapan iqhumisele imikhosi yaseMelika. Uhlaselo lokuqala lwaqala kwiiyure ezingaphambi koko lwabandakanya inkwili.
Uhlaselo lwalungaphantsi komhlaba kwaye lwenzeka ngamaza amabini: elinye nge-1: 30AM kunye nelinye nge-5AM. Ezi zihlaselo zimbini zibangele ukutshatyalaliswa kweenqanawa ezintandathu, kuquka i-oil tanker kunye nomtshabalalisi. Nangona kunjalo, umonakalo awuzange ube mbi njengoko kwakuza kwenzeka kamva kwiZibuko lasePearl.
I-Los Angeles Air Raid-imfihlakalo engaqhelekanga yeDabi laseLos Angeles
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kwePearl Harbour, iMelika yayintle kakhulu, ngakumbi kunxweme olusentshona. Wonke umntu wayejonga isibhakabhaka nolwandle esoyika olunye uhlaselo lwaseJapan. Ngapha koko, inqanawa yaseJapan yayisigqubuthele indawo yeoli yase-Ellwood kufuphi neSanta Barbara ngoFebruwari ka-1942.
Ngasekupheleni kwaloo nyanga, loo ngxwabangxwaba yakhula yaba sisithonga esipheleleyo. Ibhaluni yemozulu ye-AWOL yabangela uloyiko lokuqala. Emva koko, amadangatye adutyulwa esibhakabhakeni ebusuku, nokuba kukhanyiselwa izoyikiso ezinokubakho okanye umqondiso wengozi. Abantu babona amadangatye njengabahlaseli ngakumbi, kwaye umlilo ochasene neenqwelomoya ngokukhawuleza wagcwala ubusuku.
Ngosuku olulandelayo, abahlali baseLos Angeles kuthiwa banyanzelwa ukuba banxibe imaski yegesi. Lo msebenzi waqhubeka kangangeentsuku eziliqela. Ekugqibeleni, amaxhoba kuphela kulo mcimbi yayingamaxhoba amathathu okuhlaselwa yintliziyo kunye nabathathu bafa ngenxa yomlilo wobuhlobo. Akukho moya waseJapan wafunyanwayo, kwaye amaJapan kamva akhanyela ukuba anayo nantoni na emoyeni kufutshane neLos Angeles ngelo xesha.
Umkhosi wamanzi ekuqaleni wawubhengeza wonke umcimbi njengesilumkiso sobuxoki, kodwa emva kosuku, iSebe leMfazwe, libonisa icala loMkhosi webali, labanga ukuba inqwelomoya enye kwaye mhlawumbi ezintlanu ezingaziwayo zaziphezu kwesixeko ngobo busuku.
Lilo ibali elisemthethweni, ubuncinane. Ngelo xesha, kwakukho amabango okufihla kunye neqela leethiyori zasendle. Isiganeko sasiyiminyaka emihlanu phambi kwengxelo yesosi ephaphazelayo ye-Kenneth Arnold eyavusa i-UFO craze yase-US, kodwa oku ngamanye amaxesha kuchazwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo njengenye yezinto zokuqala zokubonwa kwe-UFO.
Abantu ababengaphandle ngobo busuku bafunga ukuba yayingeyonqwelomoya okanye ibhaluni - yayiyi-UFO. Yadada, yatyibilika. Kwaye ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, akukho mntu unokucacisa ukuba yintoni na loo msebenzi wobugcisa, kutheni imipu yethu yokulwa nenqwelomoya ingazange ikwazi ukuyibetha - yimfihlakalo engazange isonjululwe. ” -UBill Birnes, iNgcali ye-UFO, uMpapashi weMagazini ye-UFO
“Saphuma sonke sayibukela. Sabona into, kodwa kwakungekho nto iqinisekileyo. Kwakubonakala ngathi yinto ejikeleza kancinane… Ndandimi ecaleni komphathi-mkhosi, laza lathi, ‘Kum ingathi yinqwelo-moya.’”—IGosa Elidla Umhlala-phantsi.
Amaphephandaba ngelo xesha ayecinga ukuba yonke le nto yayilungelelaniswe ukuze kufunyanwe inkxaso kwimigudu yemfazwe ngokubangela uloyiko. Iingxelo zomkhosi ezinemilebe eqinileyo azikhange zinciphise iinkxalabo-uphando olupheleleyo lukawonke-wonke aluzange lwenziwe de kwayiminyaka engama-40 kamva.
Amazwi okugqibela
Isiphumo soPhulo loMoya oluKhulu eLos Angeles yayisesinye sezona ziqendu zintsonkothileyo nezingachazwanga kwimbali yomkhosi wase-US. Nokuba yayisisehlo sokwenyani okanye isigqubuthelo somkhosi kuseyinto eqikelelwayo.
Ke ngoko, ibali leDabi laseLos Angeles lelinye eligutyungelwe yimfihlelo, kwaye inyaniso engemva kwayo ayinakuze yaziwe. Into eyaziwayo kukuba isiganeko senzeke, kwaye sibe nempembelelo enkulu kubantu baseLos Angeles.
