Animal soldiers of the front lines
Strange weapons and icy carriers
Masters of military illusion
Odd espionage and covert schemes
YOUR GOAL
Master of Unusual secrets of World War II
misslily Japan launched over 9,000 hydrogen balloons carrying incendiary bombs across the Pacific Ocean to spark forest fires in North America.
misslily The United States military developed a plan to drop thousands of bomb-strapped bats over Japanese cities to start fires.
misslily Match animal soldiers to their missions to discover the secret plots of World War II.
Pykrete strength: Pykrete, the ice-wood mixture, was so tough that a bullet fired at it during a demonstration bounced off and hit a general.
A strong, melt-resistant composite material made from a frozen mixture of water and wood pulp. Geoffrey Pyke proposed this material in 1942 to construct massive Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
What natural atmospheric phenomenon did the Japanese Fu-Go balloons use to cross the Pacific Ocean?
Which animal was selected by the US military to carry tiny incendiary bombs in Project X-Ray?
Where did the only fatal mainland US casualties from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb occur?