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Spuds Moyogi
"I was horrified, and fascinated too: it was the first time since the independance of yhe US that people were killed by an enemy on the mainland."
Sorry, not even remotely true-- War of 1812--claimed thousands of military casualties, as well as civilian. Cities of Washington, Baltimore and others were sacked and burned. Our national anthem was written during the battle of Baltimore.
There are other wars, such as the Mexican American war that involved American citizens and what became American territory, but occurred just before the regions were made states. Pearl Harbor in WW II is in this category. Hawaii was a US Protectorate during that conflict, so it could be argued it was indeed US soil. Other actions, like the bombing of the Murrah building, and other incidents that weren't really part of any armed conflict, have also claimed large numbers of casualties.
Technically, the US Civil War only involved Americans, but at the time, one side was officially from another country--the Confederate States of America. That war, which claimed half a million lives and destroyed half of the country, was the second bloodiest conflict (WW II was the first) in American history.
No, we haven't been subject to the galloping carnage that was so common in Europe for the last 200 years, we have had our share of death and destruction here.
Sorry, not even remotely true-- War of 1812--claimed thousands of military casualties, as well as civilian. Cities of Washington, Baltimore and others were sacked and burned. Our national anthem was written during the battle of Baltimore.
There are other wars, such as the Mexican American war that involved American citizens and what became American territory, but occurred just before the regions were made states. Pearl Harbor in WW II is in this category. Hawaii was a US Protectorate during that conflict, so it could be argued it was indeed US soil. Other actions, like the bombing of the Murrah building, and other incidents that weren't really part of any armed conflict, have also claimed large numbers of casualties.
Technically, the US Civil War only involved Americans, but at the time, one side was officially from another country--the Confederate States of America. That war, which claimed half a million lives and destroyed half of the country, was the second bloodiest conflict (WW II was the first) in American history.
No, we haven't been subject to the galloping carnage that was so common in Europe for the last 200 years, we have had our share of death and destruction here.