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Causes Of The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor

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On December 7th , 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. On this terrible day over 2,400 Americans are killed by the bombs that the Japanese dropped. A month preliminary to the attack, Japan sent a plenipotentiary to Washington to arrange the nation’s expansion in Asia. Therefore if the United States did not accept this aggression, Japan was ready to launch the surprise attack. Before the was a plenipotentiary sent Roosevelt sent bombs to the Philippines between the Japanese and Dutch oil fields which they needed. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was over seven hours, some 353 Japanese fighter planes, torpedo planes, and bombers released a persistent bombing blitz that destroyed 188 U.S. aircraft, had sunken 4 U.S. Navy battleships, and killed …show more content…

Many of the Americans were killed and many of the people had a family back at home. Marshall Law was declared admittedly after the sneak attack, they were a complete blackout over the Hawaiian Islands because they didn't know if the Japanese were coming back to the naval base or if they planned to do something else in the US. The Military acted as best as they could, they fought and tried to make sure their country was safe. According to one of the soldiers they were many men in suspension, they were injured men everywhere, hair burnt off , they were dying but little did they know they were going to die that night . Concerning the American military leaders were not expecting an attack so close to home, the naval amenities at Pearl Harbor were undefended. Even though Japan tried so hard to destroy the American fleet, most of the ships returned to their jobs and played major roles in battles in the Pacific …show more content…

Over 2,400 Americans killed at Pearl Harbor with over 60 of them being civilians , the nation decided to declared war on Japan the very next day. According to one of the soldiers he stated that when he went into the hospitals that they were many men wounded .The soldier went to all of those injured soldiers and now matter how hurt they were, they wanted him to send a note to their parents telling them that they will be alright, even though most of them died that night .The hospitals were full of the injured and the soldiers was dying fast, no one knew what to do. Nurses were cut short.The Navy Nurses faced the terrifying things of war from its first day. The rest of the Navy medical workforce, they treated the incoming casualties with self-sacrificing devotion. Most of these nurses went without sleep or rest for several days. Since the nurses helped so much taking care of the injured, many lives were saved.Over 800 Navy Nurses were on duty serving in the Navy Nurse Corps at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. The inactive Reserve Corps numbered over 900

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