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The Bat Bomb: The WWII Plan to Firebomb Japan With Bats (That Torched a US Air Base Instead)

The Bat Bomb: The WWII Plan to Firebomb Japan With Bats (That Torched a US Air Base Instead)

by Jeff Hillyer | Nov 2, 2026 | True Stories

TRUE STORYEvery great military innovation begins with a visionary. This one began with a dentist on vacation.Fast factsWhen: Proposed January 1942; cancelled 1944Where: Tests in New Mexico, California and UtahWho: Dentist Lytle S. Adams, chemist Louis Fieser,...

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