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“Rat tat tat tat” The sound of machine gun fire was was pounding in my head and was defeating. I couldn’t believe it. Had the Allied and the Axis gone to the war? What was happening? I ran from the rising sun of the Japanese fighter planes. Is Pearl Harbor being attacked? But I thought we were still at peace with the Japanese. These questions raced through my head… “Boom!” The USS Arizona exploded. NOO!! Father was on that ship. But more importantly, I needed to help the injured. I saw an old man being shot at. I ran to go help him, but… “BAM” I heard a tremendous boom, and then I heard nothing at all.
The Powers To understand what happened on the day that will live in infamy, we have to understand the masterminds behind the attacks on …show more content…

This was a row of major U.S. Ships. These were the Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Maryland, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and California. Although these were the main targets, many others were destroyed. At a little before 8 a.m., Hawaiians would see an ominous sight, but to understand, we have to travel back in time. A few months before, a Japanese fleet had set out, bent on destroying Pearl Harbor. This attack was unlike any other because usually battles were carrier to carrier, but this attack was aircraft to carrier, a strategy never tried before. The first wave was catastrophic. The U.S. Navy was not expecting an attack from Japan because we gas not actively been actively participating in the war. But we were dead wrong. In the month before the attack, 6 Japanese aircraft carriers sent off, ready to cripple the Pacific Fleet. These carriers were trying out a new strategy which caused the Mexicans to be very unprepared. Japanese aircraft were ferociously picking off men 1 by 1. I am now realizing that this must have been a catastrophe for the pacific warfare. We are expecting enemy force soon battle with carriers out at sea, not coming inland with aircraft Also, the U.S. was probably not expecting the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor. This is important because this was a key …show more content…

He lived for several years in America and he knew they could not beat the U.S. in a full on battle. But, he had a plan. Instead of the traditional carrier to carrier, he thought he they could win using a surprise aircraft attack. He also thought of a way to destroy enemy hulls. What they would do is aircraft would drop torpedoes. Torpedoes air like boys but they have a propeller on the back and would travel in the water and destroy enemy hulls. All in all, the attack on Pearl Harbor was quite ingenious.

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