The Attack On Pearl Harbor

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.

Only two months after the tragic Japanese bombing known as Pearl Harbor, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the evacuation of all Japanese-Americans from the West Coast. This evacuation of over 127,000 people, many of them American citizens, resulted in the relocation of these people to one of ten internment camps across the country. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, rumors had begun to spread, fuelled by racial prejudice, about a plot by Japanese-Americans to sabotage war efforts, proving still loyal to Japan. Farmers on the West Coast desired to eliminate the Japanese competition, Americans generally experienced a public fear of sabotage, and politicians rallied against the Japanese to further

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 7, 1941 the Pearl Harbor attack was a big event in history that led to the US joining World War II. It was a surprise attack, the attack lasted from 7:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The Japanese had over 2,000,000 ground troops and air fleets together that were trained, while the Americans had over 1,000,000 ground troops and air fleets all together which most of them were not trained at all. The US was unprepared because they did not believe that the Japanese were on the verge of attacking the United States but plans were made to attack against the United States as early as January 1941. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. All the planes on the Japanese ships were fully fueled and armed. The attack planes came in two waves which were approximately forty-five minutes apart and more than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died in the attack, while about 1,000 were wounded. The

America has learned from and been shaped by many different experiences of good and bad in this country. The Pearl Harbor attack was one major eye opening event that America had to face. It involved heartbreaking deaths of those who served our country along with civilians who were on the island as well. It was was an unexpected attack with no time to prepare. On December 7, 1941 tragedy struck the beautiful island of Honolulu, Hawaii when the Japanese started their attack on America.

Bombs exploding, sirens blaring this is what the man of Pearl harbor heard on the morning of the attack. Pearl Harbor and how it is one of the most deadliest and important attacks on the United states.Pearl Harbor had many causes and left many behind destruction, but in the destruction there was a few things that survived. December 7, 1941 “A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY” this iconic quote was said by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the attack.

Pearl Harbor occurred in the morning December 7th of 1941, which was a Sunday. There were six carriers with 423 Japanese fighter planes that attack Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attack in several waves, the first wave was 183 Japanese planes that took off 230 miles north of Oahu and were heading to Pearl Harbor. When these planes took off, at 7:02 a.m., a short radar station detected the planes and then contacted a junior officer who said it was American B-17 that was expected from the U.S. west coast. The second wave was 167 planes that took off from the Japanese carriers and headed to Pearl Harbor at 7:15 a.m. At 7:53 a.m., the first wave attacked the airfields and battleships and the second wave attacked other ships and shipyard

Not only was the attack on Pearl Harbor a mistake on Japan’s part, but had it not happened, the axis powers would have won world war II. The Japanese attack, without the full backing of its nation’s power lead to a less than devastating effect on the American Naval forces. The declaration of war on Japan, lead to Germany declaring war on America, directly lead to America giving full support to the European war and further declining the Nazi power leading to its ultimate defeat.

West of Honolulu in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 Japanese pilots and leaders could be seen with eyes glowing with pride. For they had accomplished a great thing that day in the lagoon harbor. At that point they felt they has honored their Country with flying colors. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands was a United States naval base and was also the headquarters of America’s Pacific fleet. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii became America 's ' strongest impression of the Japanese people as a whole. The lasting word that is brought up when talking about the attacks comes up as- "sneaky." The United States views Pearl Harbor as an unnecessary, vicious attack that dragged them unwillingly into World War II; the Japanese, however, have a different perspective. Over the course of many years the Japanese people viewed the United States as a barrier preventing themselves from forming into an unstoppable world power.

Many events have changed the history of our nation and other nations. In 1941, Japan attacked American soil in Pearl Harbor. Many lives were lost that morning. However many questions were left behind. Whose fault was it, could the attack have been prevented. In few, articles, it’s said the President Roosevelt knew about the attack. On the other hand, what could have caused the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor? Many questions remain, but all we know these events endlessly changed America and Japan.

Pearl Harbor was a very horrific attack on the United States. The attack was brought on by the United States not wanting to get involved in war. But Japan wouldn 't stop until they got more land and a way to produce their own resources. Japan being able to produce their own resources would make them stronger by not having to rely on other countries resources. The United States began to feel threatened by Japanese military actions toward China in hope of expanding their empire, because the United States had a piece of land that they owned. The United States then had no choice but to take action so that it would weaken their military. This action eventually lead to the main reasoning for the attack on Pearl Harbor. As the United States prepared to go to war with Japan, women were able to get jobs and American resources had to be conserved and reused. The U.S. would then go to war with Japan. So they bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima killing almost double. The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima would then make other countries know just how powerful the U.S military is and what they could do if japan continued to try and expand.

In the months leading up to Pearl Harbor, the impending threat that the territory of Hawaii perceived from the Japanese was imminent. Being isolated from the mainland, Hawaiian government officials and the United States military knew that there would be many struggles in the event such a catastrophe occur. The decision to declare martial law in the hours following the attack on that December morning was not an easy one, but it was most definitely the right one.

The attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of Americans all over the country. To help make supplies for war, women had to get jobs as welders and electricians in defense plants. People used their radios to get reports on the fighting overseas(The U.S.). Most Americans first heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor through the radio. A radio station in Pittsburgh provided an eyewitness account. "We have witnessed this morning the attack of Pearl Harbor and a severe bombing of Pearl Harbor by army planes, undoubtedly Japanese" (Reinhardt). Footage of the Pearl Harbor attack was not released by the government for a year after the attack. In 1943 officials reversed course based on fears of waning civilian morale and allowed the release of films that showed the real terrors of war. Their hope was to shock Americans into strengthening their commitment to the war effort(Tuttle).

The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 is horrible terrorist attack on the United States, like the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 because of the unpredictable moment of the attack. The World War Center Buildings in New York were destroyed and we still have the memorial that reminds us of the terrorist attack. Pearl Harbor had both the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S Utah commissioned there but were destroyed during the attack, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding us of the thousands that gave their life on that fateful day, both of these tombs are reminders of how America, one of the strongest if not the strongest nation in the world was so easily caught off-guard. Both of these days were horrible but they lead to two completely different outcomes, after Pearl Harbor the United States declared war on Japan and as a result Germany and Italy were involved because of the Anti-Comintern Pact, and after the attack on the World Trade Center America decided to increase their security to provide a safe place for civilians. Both of these attack have had an impact on American history, over 60 years ago most of the information relating to the Pearl Harbor attack has been released giving the historians documents to analyze and to see whether there were signs that America could have taken to prevent the attack or whether the Japanese actually did it without warning. The United States and Japan didn’t have a good relationship because Japan’s imperialistic and

Throughout history, many major events have occurred and they have changed the world and its countries as we know them today. One of the major events that has happened and is known internationally, is the second World War, a confrontation mainly between Germany, Italy, and Japan in the axis side, and Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union in the allies side, which had many more countries involved. Even though those were the major countries involved at the beginning, one major turning point in war was when the United States was brought into war, which probably changed how the war ended by American intervention. The attack on Pearl Harbor is what mainly triggered the action into being involved at war from the U.S. (Unfinished Nation, p612), and from that point on, the Japanese were treated very different, with discrimination and exclusion for many years (Identification Records, p1), and many concentration camps were created to maintain control over the Japanese outside and inside of the United States (Enemy Aliens, p1).