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Pearl Harbor Cause And Effect Essay

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In life there are days which will completely shock an entire nation, days such as April 18th, 1906 or September 11th, 2001. These types of days contain a rare power and have the ability to change the direction of whole countries. On December 7th in the year 1941 just before 8 a.m., a wave of change swept the nation, when a swarm of Japanese fighter descended on Pearl Harbor. This attack would create a sequence of event that would change the world, and expose a necessary evil. Michael J. O’Neal provided an overview of the attack and the chain of cause an effect that would follow. What caused Japan to attack Pearl Harbor and how did end? The attack on Pearl Harbor was devastating, and it was executed without remorse for human life. It placed a blemish in the United States history books as a day from hell or as Greg Hope stated the “date which will live in infamy” (Hope, 2016, Para. 2). When the thousands of red and white colored planes revealed their presents of the horizon and began the assault on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii thousand would be dead by the end of day. The Japanese bombardment lasted just over two hours, but would create a grave yard in its aftermath. The Japanese successfully destroyed nearly 20 American naval ships, which included eight massive battleships, and more than 300 American fighter plans. The United States of America lost more than 2,000 navy sailors, and another 1,000 soldiers were wounded during the

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