The Attack Of Pearl Harbor

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his war speech and asserted December 7, 1941 as, “a date which will live in infamy.” The United States’ naval bases stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii were struck by Japanese planes intentionally and promptly. The news of this attack on the Pearl Harbor shocked the world. It was devastating to the nation that were still in the throes of depression. Witnesses of this event painted a portrait of a nation stunned, but determined to rise again. The United States’ government had not disclosed a Pearl Harbor story to the public--that the U.S. had failed to act on advance information about a planned Japanese attack. Japan 's move against the United States was audacious enough to be considered no more than a slight possibility, although the potential for an attack had been widely discussed.

December 7th, 1941, was the day 2,403 Americans lost their lives and 1,200 wounded during the Japanese air raid, on Pearl Harbor. On this day, the US Navy lost almost the entire Pacific Fleet in the harbor. After the attack, all the ships were either sunk or severally damaged minus the aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers luckily were still at sea. The total number of military personnel killed was 2,335, including 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army. Added to this were 68 civilians, making the total 2403 people dead. 1,177 men alone were from the USS Arizona.

On December 7, 1941 -- the day that will always be commemorated as “the date which will live in infamy” by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- the Japanese unexpectedly attacked the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This crippling attack caused many American casualties, and American citizens quickly became filled with fury and abhorrence; the detestation that swallowed the hearts of the American citizens was shown through President Roosevelt’s expeditious appeal to Congress to declare war against Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbor was an unforgettable day in history and directly affected the United States involvement in World War Two and the patriotism of the United States’ citizens.

This act of aggression from Japan mad America write a declaration of War against Japan and fellow allied countries (not ours). The Japanese called it the Hawaii Operation and was a strike against our naval fleet interfering with Japanese military actions. The attack happened early at 7:48 am when 353 Japanese fighter plane, bombers, and torpedo planes came in waves. The Japanese also sent six aircraft carriers and during their operation they damaged all of our Naval battleships, four actually sunk but six were put back into service. The USS Arizona was later raised and is still used and is in service today. They damaged three of our cruisers, and three destroyers, along with an anti aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. Many civilians were killed and many important military and civilian buildings. Franklin D. Roosevelt says that this action was a “a date which will live in infamy”. This is what made the US who at all cost wanted nothing to do with the World War and Japan's actions paid the ultimate

December 7, 1941 was one of the most devastating days in the history of America. Over 2,000 American citizens were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and over 1,000 American citizens were wounded. The Japanese successfully destroyed over 180 American aircraft in addition to two American battleships, the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S. Oklahoma. Many people could say this was one of the most successful surprise attack ever pulled off in all of history. There were quite a few different incidents that led up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The day Pearl Harbor was attacked was December 7th 1941, or better know as the day of infamy. In this paper we are going to outline the attack on Pearl Harbor, why it was attacked, how it was attacked, and the effects of the attack.

“A date which will live in infamy” a quote from President Franklin Roosevelt, the president during the attack, infamy means being well known for something bad or having a bad quality. That's exactly what the attack on Pearl Harbor was, it was awful and will be remembered for being very tragic. The attack took place on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor was a U.S naval base in Hawaii, more specifically the island of Oahu. The attackers were the Japanese, the American soldiers knew this because when they started flying overhead they could see the “rising sun” flag on the bottom sides of the plane's wings. The attack is a major reason that the U.S entered WWII.

On the 15 of June, 1944, the Iwo Jima was being bombarded by the navy. Along with

The attack on Pearl Harbor was planned out very well by the Japanese, due to knowing that the American ships were in port on Sunday the 7th of December 1941 and also where each ship was located. The Japanese pilots had maps, photos and models of the bay so they would be prepared and also able to distinguish their main targets. At the time of the attack the Japanese infantry advanced in two separate striking forces. The attack consisted of over three hundred Japanese planes all six of Japan's first-line aircraft carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku and also many fast battleships, torpedo bombers, destroyers, submarine and midget sub's.

Attention Getter: More than 3,500 Americans, including soldiers, sailors, Marines, and civilians, were killed or wounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor (“Japan Launches”).

December 7th, 1941 will forever be remembered. The day after this attack President Roosevelt gave a speech to congress (Roosevelt, 1941). December 7th is the day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and forever changed the course of the war. While the United States had many reasons to enter the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor was what finally drew them into the war. The Japanese thought attacking Pearl Harbor would cripple the United States ability to produce ships to support allied countries, and cripple the United States military. The United States had remained neutral up until this point. This atrocious attack was what finally brought the United States into World War II.

army private operator at the Army radar station at Opana noticed a large flight of planes heading toward the bay. The exact morning, the base was expecting a flight of B-17s from the United States, so the private was told to ignore them. (Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.) Not one single person knew what was about to hit them. At exactly 7:55 am, the first Japanese dive-bombers were spotted over the horizon, which was part of the nearly 200 aircraft, including bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters. ("EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It." EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.). Their goal was to cripple as many planes as possible so that they didn’t have any time to take to the air. Most of the planes were all in one place so that made it an easy target for them. The planes at Ford Island and Kaneohe Bay, the Army Cir Corps fields at Bellows and the Marine Airfield at Ewa, and the Hickam and Wheeler fields were all strafed. Not a single one was preserved. In the first thirty minutes of the attack is when most of the damage was done to the battleships. With the help of five midget subs, the Japanese were able to help aid their airplanes in targeting the battleships. The Arizona exploded when a bomb hit its ammunition room leaving nothing but bits and pieces of debris, and the Oklahoma was damaged so badly that it turned upside down. The Nevada, California, and West Virginia sank in shallow water along the bay area. Everyone thought it was over till the second wave struck at 8:50 am, exactly 45 minutes after the first. This wave came more fiercely. 170 Japanese planes targeted what was left standing, which was only a few ships and less than 10 dogfighters. By 9:55 it was all over. When the Japanese left, they left chaos behind. More than 180 aircrafts were

attacked Pearl Harbor. The first round of attack by the Japanese planes took place at 6:45 a.m.

Pearl Harbour is a lagoon harbour on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Much of the harbour and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base and the headquarters of the Unites States Pacific Fleet. This is why the Japanese chose such location to attack on, as it was home to a substantial amount of the U.S power and it was virtually half way between Japan and the United States. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbour, on the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese had been planning this event for various reasons. The Japanese and the Americans had an on-going rivalry in the pacific that was only getting more extreme. Japan’s imperial drive had been evident ever since 1931, when they invaded Manchuria. In July 1941 Japan invaded French Indochina and Roosevelt continued to avoid direct confrontation as he didn’t want to get involved. But the Unites States was in the way of Japans take over in the pacific as they controlled the Philippines and had

On April 18, 1942, the Americans lunched their first attack on the Japanese inland area. The Japanese didn’t want their homeland to get destroyed so they pushed the American forces in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This is where the Japanese forces attacked back on the American aircraft and where the actual battle took place. As a result, the Japan had some devastating losses after losing 4 aircraft carriers at the end of the battle and the American only one aircraft carrier which was the Yorktown. They also lost over 3000 soldiers, 248 aircraft and number of other ship in the battle. This was the turning point of the war in pacific between the United States and Japan and it was one of the major wins for the Allies in the