Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
It sounds like something straight out of the cave beneath Bruce Wayne's Manor, but thanks to the passion of a part-time inventor named Lytle Adams, the United States military really did spend millions attempting to arm bats with incendiary devices and launch them -- real-life bat bombs -- across Japanese cities. Here's the weird thing: It could have actually worked.
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| 1:57.0 | It's a great musical device. |
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