Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's Attack On Pearl Harbor

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.

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

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 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.

Military and government to decrypt the Japanese war codes as well as communicate effectively with each other. As Parker explains in his publication Pearl Harbor Revisited,

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).

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.

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

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.

Prior to Americas entry into World War II, the U.S had frozen Japanese assets in America on July 26, 1941, and August 1, 1941, and then placed an embargo on the export of oil to Japan. These actions were done in response to Japanese actions in French Indo-China. The Japanese had invaded Indo-China and had driven the French from their colony. These dealings resulted in Japanese and American negotiations concerning the trade exchange for Japan to stop its militaristic advances. Eventually these negotiations stalemated and Japan decided something needed to be done. So a military action was decided upon by the Japanese. Admiral Yamato had been planning a attack on the American base at Pearl Harbor located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The plan was to attack the American Pacific fleet and give the Japanese a advantage over the

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor might not have happened if a Mongolian Cavalry had never crossed the Manchurian Border in 1939, triggering the little known battles of Khalkhin Gol. These small battles between Japan and the Soviet Union, eventually helped compel Japan to attack Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. But this battle is the most forgotten battle I have ever heard about. The Battles of Khalkhin Gol was not even mentioned in the history class when we learned about Pearl Harbor, even though it is related. In this paper, I will cover how the battle began, the reasons why it began, the conflicts and battles fought between Japan and Russia, the differences between Japan’s and Russia’s war tank technology, and how the battle affected the

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.

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is said to have initiated the plans. “Operation Hawaii” was first used as a code name by Japan, but was later changed to “Operation Z”. It has also been said that the attack was specifically chosen to take place on a Sunday. This decision was made because as we all know, Sundays are usually a great time for rest and relaxation with your family or friends, which only added to the shock and surprise of the attack (Pearl Harbor

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

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