Pearl Harbor: The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941, was on of the worst attacks ever on the United States. Out of that day, 2,403 soldiers were killed in action, 1,178 were wounded in action. Through the misjudgments of numerous U.S. armed forces personnel, the Japanese were able to carry out this terrible attack, which crippled the United States’ Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

There are many people involved with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. General Hideki Tojo was the imperial army’s head director. He was head of planning and executing the Pearl Harbor attacking. Another person involved with the attacking is Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. He was the head of the Imperial Navy and helped set-up the attacks for the pearl harbor bombing. Yamamoto lead his men from Japan to Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The President of The United States at the time was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt delivered the famous day of Infamy speech in Washington D.C. Roosevelt also declared war on Japan later on the day of the Pearl Harbor attack.

It all started the morning of December 7, 1941 when Japanese leaders decided to bomb the United States. Families were then broke apart and things became much more complex in the lives of Americans. Pearl Harbor was not “just a bombing,” but in reality it is so much more. This bombing had a great impact on the whole world for World War II. The bombing of Pearl Harbor had many situations before the bombing, during the bombing, and after the bombing.

On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed the United States at Pearl Harbor. The bombing of Pearl Harbor lasted very short than what you would expect which was only one day. Before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, they started war with different nations that were around them. They did this to get the other nation’s materials, for an example oil, lumber, and coal. Japan was foolish for attacking the United States during WWII at Pearl Harbor; their motive was to take over the islands that the United States owned to become more powerful , in contempt of the end the Japanese lost and their cities were destroyed.

On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed The United States at Pearl Harbor. The bombing of Pearl Harbor lasted very short than what you would expect which was only one day. Before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, they started war with different nations that were around them. They did this to get other nation’s materials, for an example, oil, lumber, and coal. Japan was foolish for attacking the United States during WWII at Pearl Harbor; their motive was to take over the islands that the United States owned to become more powerful, in contempt of the end the Japanese lost and their cities were destroyed.

Introduction. I chose this battle because I had been hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor, but I did not know much about it. This paper talks about the countries that fought in this battle, where the battle was fought, what the geography was like during the battle, what the weather was like, what happened during this battle, how many casualties occurred, other things I learned about the battle, who won the battle, and how the battle was important to WWII.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was the product of Japanese anger at the United States and President Roosevelt should have taken immediate action to prevent it.

On December 7, 1941, early in the morning Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Nobody expected this. Japanese planes destroyed approximately 20 American naval vessels, and nearly 300 airplanes. 2000 American people were killed, and more than 100 injured.

In America, the balance between Washington politics and military strategy was poorly managed, many high level officials failed to acknowledge that an attack was likely imminent (Pearl Harbor Review - The Investigations). The Navy fleet, which had previously been stationed in San Diego, had been moved to Pearl Harbor in 1940 in an effort to de-escalate political tension with Japan (Larew). Although American politicians had engineered this move in response to Japan’s activities in China, the hope that it would reduce tension was not realized; it only served to escalate strained political communication (Chen). American politicians were right to be concerned about war with Japan. Kichisaburō Nomura, the Japanese Ambassador in Washington, worked to find peaceful language between the two countries, but it was suspected that he was, in fact, aware that war was imminent (Chen). A dire message from Japan was sent in 14 separate sections to Nomura in the days before the attack. All sections indicated the end of peaceful negotiations and the last message requested that the cipher used to translate the coded message be destroyed;

The past 120 years have brought many changes, as well as surprises, to the United States of America. There have been inventions such as the automobile, the airplane, the television and even travel in space. There have been changes like the World Wars, Prohibition, the Great Depression and the cold war. Through the years, the American people have encountered joy, peace, and tragedy. One of the greatest tragedies experienced by Americans occurred on Sunday, December 7, 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor Naval Base. One could consider this incident the first act of terrorism against America. The attack and defeat of the United States at Pearl Harbor forced America into World War II. This single act left a tremendous impact on society and is

December 7th, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S naval base, Pearl Harbor, near Hawaii. In efforts to disable the U.S, they used

A sentence or two is dedicated to this subject, but doesn't really even cover the basics. An interesting fact, that could be really helpful, is that a foreign submarine was found at the entrance of Pearl Harbor earlier that day. This was part of the masterminded plan because they were able to monitor Pearl Harbor and get in once the bombs were dropped. When Japan attacked, they had fighter planes fly through the sky dropping bombs on US ships. The fighter planes were so important because it helped take the attention to the sky so the submarines and boats could attempt to get in.

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States had cracked the Japanese diplomatic code and knew that the Empire of Japan was going to attack somewhere in the Pacific but they did not exactly know where. A warning that they were going to attack Pearl Harbor was sent from Washington, but had arrived too late to tell them. The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interrupting actions that the military force from the Empire of Japan were planning on doing in Southeast Asia against overseas territories. The

The second was that American carriers were the primary targets. Minoru Genda, Japanese military aviator, had disagreed with Isoruko Yamamoto, Japanese marshal admiral of the navy, original idea for the intent on targeting Amercan battle ships first. Genda Minoru recognized that by destroying American carriers without causing serious damage to its own carriers, the whole Japanese fleet would gain a big advantage. By doing this it could chip away at the remaining United States fleet, free from the air attacks coming from American carriers. (Earl,

“December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). Japan surprise attacked the Hawaiian naval base, Pearl Harbor, approximately at 7:55 am. The intent of the Japanese strike was to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with plans to seize overseas territories belonging to United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.