Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's Attack On Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, roughly two thousand miles from the U.S. mainland and about four thousand miles from Japan. No one believed that the Japanese would start a war with an attack on the distant islands of Hawaii. American intelligence believed that an attack by the Japanese would likely take place in one of the nearby European colonies in the South Pacific, for example, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore or Indochina. Due to the American military leaders not expecting an attack so close to home, the naval facilities at Pearl Harbor were quite undefended. This was an aspect in the Japanese strategy that they took into consideration, Pearl Harbor was an irresistibly easy

intelligence was aware that the Japanese fleet was on the move in late 1941. In the book, Day of Deceit by Robert Stinnett, he stated “they were able to intercept information from the Japanese fleet as they were crossing the Pacific, including information that the Japanese carriers were west of Hawaii on the evening of December 6th.” (Smiley, G., 1970) Japanese messages were intercepted and deciphered showing Japanese spies were asked to gather detailed information about the base at Pearl Harbor, but sadly this information was never given to the U.S. leaders to analyze. (Attack on Pearl Harbor, Why, 2016)

The President continues his speech with talking about the “Deliberate” attack Japan planned. He says, “The Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace” (Lines 15-16). Once again, this is an example of Pathos. The US was misled by the Japanese into thinking they were allies, while in reality they were planning a massive attack on Pearl Harbor. This was a blatant lie by the Japanese. Roosevelt wants to emphasize this lie, which will create anger among the congressmen. This is another great technique Roosevelt uses to persuade Congress to go to war.

The Pearl Harbor Naval Base is a very important place regarding American and World History. It is located on the island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii and is approximately 6,300 acres. The population as of 2010 is approximately 950,000 people, including men, women and children from the Navy and the Air force. The United States Navy was stationed here during World War II during the war between the Allies and the Axis. On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in hopes of diminishing the United States naval power by destroying their fleet. After the attack, industrial activity boomed at the harbor in terms of building more ships for the war, which ultimately resulted in contaminating the harbor. The United States Navy discovered

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned the attack on Pearl Harbor at Oahu, Hawaii because the United States had placed an embargo on Japan. On that day Admiral Yamamoto launched 353 planes off of 6 carriers. The Planes had launched 230 miles away from Pearl, causing everyone in Oahu a Surprise attack from the Japanese. On the day of attack the Japanese had lost 65 men and one captured soldier while the united States lost over 2300 men and had about 1100 men wounded

One quiet and peaceful morning, Japan turned Pearl Harbor into “a date that will live in infamy” ---President Roosevelt. BOOM BOOM BOOM! That was the sound the residents of Pearl Harbor woke up to -Japan was bombing Pearl Harbor. Nothing was going to stop Japan from finishing their attack. Pearl Harbor was the worst attack in American history due to Japan’s strategy, the battle, and the United States retaliation.

Throughout most of World Word II, Hideki Tojo was an Imperial Japanese Army general and Prime Minister of Japan. Hideki Tojo is most known for his attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. He was born on December 30th, 1884, in Tokyo Japan. Tojo was enrolled in the Japanese Army Cadet School at the age of 15. In 1905 at the age of 21 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Japanese Imperial Army.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a long, well thought out, complex plan, and the mastermind of the operation was Isoroku Yamamoto. Isoroku Yamamoto made “the Japanese plan simple: Destroy the Pacific Fleet. That way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific” (“Pearl Harbor”). Yamamoto planned to take out the battleships instead of the carriers, because the American public viewed battleships as a naval power. So if they were destroyed it would, America’s morale would be damaged. However, the final plan resulted with the difference of opinions with Genda, the air power expert.Genda wanted to focus the attack on taking out the carriers. Months before the attack, Japanese used radios as

The Japanese were making plans for the surprise attack as early as January of 1941(Brett, pearlharborwarbirds.com).When the attack started it was a total surprise. It was such a surprise that many of the U.S. servicemen were either still in their pajamas or eating breakfast in the mess halls when it began(Brett, pearlharborwarbirds.com). The Japanese commenced the attacked in December of 1941 on a sunday morning at 7:55 a.m.(Brett, pearlharborwarbirds.com).

The President continues his speech with talking about the “Deliberate” attack Japan planned. He says, “The Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace” (Lines 15-16). Once again, this is an example of Pathos. The US was misled by the Japanese into thinking they were allies, while in reality they were planning a massive attack on Pearl Harbor. This was a blatant lie by the Japanese. Roosevelt wants to emphasize this lie, which will create anger among the congressmen. This is another great technique Roosevelt uses to persuade Congress to go to war.

On 7 December 1941, the Japan Naval fleet launched a precise and devastating bombing of Pearl Harbor, which stunned the United States. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Naval Fleet, so they could advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies to access natural resources to further their war effort. However, the Pearl Harbor bombing became an everlasting memory to Americans. Two little known contributors to this event had a profound effect on the planning and execution of the attack. This paper will explore the actions of Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn and Takeo Yoshikawa, two spies who initially went undetected to collect intelligence on the U.S. Naval fleet, and how their actions affected the U.S.

In the early hours of December 7th 1941, The Combined Fleet of Imperial Japanese Navy launched a preemptive military strike on the United States of America. Their target, the U.S Pacific Fleet and its headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii .Their objective to launch a lighting preventative assault on the United States, cripplingly the U.S’s ability to take part in World War Two and contribute to the Allied War effort. The Attack caught the Pacific Fleet completely by surprise, U.S forces only becoming aware of the Japanese presence as they came under fire from waves of Japanese Aircraft and Ships. Inflicting extensive damage, sinking and damaging over a dozen U.S capital ships and hundreds of Aircraft, damaging even more and killing and maiming almost four thousand U.S serviceman at the cost of only Sixty-four Japanese casualties and one captured. Well successful in a tactical sense the attack was considered by many including multiple top level officers in the Japanese military officers as a strategic blunder if not an outright calamity, as the attack causing the previously neutral U.S to enter World War Two on the side of the Allies and lend them its substantial military and industrial might, tipping the odds firmly in the favor of the Allied forces.

Dropping the atomic bomb on the two Japanese cities might seem like it was the wrong thing to do but dropping the bomb is what helped us win the war. How? The dropping of the bomb convinced the Japanese to surrender to us.

December 7, 1941 was a tragic day. Our country was caught vulnerable and because of it, the United States will never be the same. Many lives were lost and spirits were broken, but the memories of those who fought hard that day will live on in our hearts forever. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a terrible event for all Americans, but even through the struggle we still managed to come together and fight back for our country.

As early as January 1941, reports suggested that Japan might attack Pearl Harbor; but civilian and military officials in Washington and Hawaii ignored these reports, considering an assault on the Philippines or European territories more likely, and underestimating Japan's ability to conceal preparations for such an operation. By the summer of 1941 American leaders knew, due to the success of the magic cryptanalysis operation in breaking Japanese military operational codes that Japan was likely to take military action of some kind (Irive). Japan had only about a 12-month supply of petroleum to fuel its economy and war machine, so the Americans anticipated the Japanese would act quickly. The only questions they could not answer were when and where (Woods). Pearl Harbor had been a major naval