History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Eastern Ontario
8 Apr 2018
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The writing on the wall: british envaded by japanese, very racist. Fed into preexisting fears: when these books were published, they were given to societies that already felt threatened, conditioned to believe them. Instant transmission news: bad news and fake news moves more quickly. Feb 1915: close to first world war, enemy aircraft spotted over brockville ontario. Saw bombs dropped: close to u. s. border, eastern ontario is blackout, bombs = beginning of big attacks. Los angeles: 1941 japanese launched attack on pearl harbour, brings america into war, attacks hong kong, phillipines, singapore, radar picks up unidentified air craft, population gripped by panic, widespread panic. Fires shells into gasoline refinery: the battle of los angeles, unidentified objects spotted over california. Intelligence office indicated that the unidentified objects were real things in the skies. Confidence preparation and trust - what this is about. When the community feels ready to meet attacker - there is less reason to be scared.
