A Conversation for Terror on the Jet Stream: The Japanese Fire Balloon Campaign of 1944-1945
Japanese women and children worked on these fire balloons
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Dec 8, 2014
There was a story in my local paper ten or so years ago. It mentioned that the factories where these paper balloons were made contained women and children.
Japanese women and children worked on these fire balloons
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 8, 2014
That's true. Many of them were assembled by schoolgirls.
Japanese women and children worked on these fire balloons
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 8, 2014
Most of the factories in Europe were also run by women during the Second World War, because the men were away fighting.
Japanese women and children worked on these fire balloons
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Dec 8, 2014
That was true in the US, as well - there was a famous symbol called 'Rosie the Riveter':
http://www.anb.org/articles/20/20-01920.html
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