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...an island on its northwest coast, perhaps?
And Darwin on the mainland.
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And, Bell Island, Newfoundland (20 min. drive from here + 20 min. ferry ride) was the only place in North America to be attacked f WWII. Four German U-boats were in Conception Bay and were somehow sunk by the Allies. (Don't remember the details.) You can still visit the gun batteries on Bell Island.
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Sorry, Bean. The battle of Attu in Alaska was a full-on artillery attack with many casualties. Also, balloons containing bombs were released from Japan by the thousands, a few of which actually were carried by the intended winds into the Pacific Northwest. (A passive attack, but it probably qualifies under the broad definition of "attack") Oh yeah, and isn't Hawaii considered part of North America? 
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Oh yeah, and isn't Hawaii considered part of North America? No. Also, remember that it wasn't a state of the United States during the Japanese attack, nor was Alaska. Furthermore, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the shore of Oregon and lobbed a few rounds from its deck gun onto the coast. So, Fiberbabe, your very own home state has the dubious honor of being the only west coast part of what was then the USA that was attacked in WWII. Aren't you thrilled! 
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an other german sub was sunk in a US east coast harbor too, or maybe just near (25 or so miles off shore) not one of the really big ones (ie, not NY or Boston..) it might have been near the naval shipyard in Mystic CT, where they still make submarines..or was it one of the carolina's.. (i don't really remember...)
it, like the attack on alaska and oregon where keep under a news black out during the war.
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OK, well I knew I didn't remember the factoid in all its detail, so I guess there's a qualifier I forgot: "directly attacked by the Germans". Most of the other things you guys cited were Japanese attacks, or offshore somewhere. This page shows the memorial which gives the details: Lance Cove, on Bell Island, was the only community to have taken a direct attack from a torpedo fired by a Nazi U-boat. http://ngb.chebucto.org/Dist_Photo/hm-bell-island.html
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WWII attacks on Australian territory
...an island on its northwest coast, perhaps?
And Darwin on the mainland.
Historic details, please?
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