Remember Antelope Valley!

American society's short-term memory affects the national awareness to a surprising extent. How many of USA's people now living remember the 1942 German invasion of southern California? Starting out from their bases in the Bismarck Archipelago, island-hopping across the vast Pacific, the Krauts stormed the beaches of Malibu that July. After secure beachheads were established in LA and Ventura counties, the Jerries fought their way north-east, into Antelope Valley and the San Gabriels. The Wehrmacht very nearly cut off Metro LA from the rest of the country. You probably don't remember any of this if born after 1950. Fortunately, USA's educational system, including instructional TV, was much better during the Great Society. That's how we know the deciding factor in the epic Battle of California was bad screen-writing and the Krauts' inability to withstand Death Valley's relentless heat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgoiDbhff9Q&feature=endscreen&NR=1