Essay on The Second World War (WWII)

The Battle of Midway dealt a devastating catastrophe for the Japanese naval and air capabilities with destroying four carriers, one heavy cruiser, 248 aircraft, and 3,057 personnel. The Americans lost one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, 150 aircraft, and 307 personnel. Historically, Midway has been considered the turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses, while the U.S. steadily increased its output in both areas that inevitably led denying Japan the ability to achieve its limited policy objective: to destroy the American carrier force in the Pacific and use the Aleutians and Midway Island as stepping stones for a Japanese

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, at 7:55 AM the Japanese Empire led a surprise attack on the US Naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, that would leave millions of Americans in shock, and heartbroken. Before the attack, the United States kept a low profile on International affairs, and concentrated on the domestic affairs at hand. This tragic moment in American history forever remembered. It is a mournful day for the American people, although, for the Japanese Empire it was an honorable day, one they would call a

On November 26, 1941, the Japanese Task Force comprised of six aircraft carriers. A support force, which included two battleships, three cruisers, nine destroyers, three submarines, escorted it and eight oil supply ships, began their trek to Hawaii. They must travel four thousand miles across open sea and remain undetected by the UNITED STATES Forces. (Wisniewski 20) The UNITED STATES Military knew a surprise attack by Japan was possible and they thought they were prepared. Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the commanders of the UNITED STATES Naval and Army forces in Hawaii, respectively, had regularly scheduled training exercises and had taken many precautions to avert disaster. (Pearl Harbor’s History, Filmstrip)

World War II happened because of a multitude of things because of the way they dealt with Germany. The start of the war had many things contributing to it. Because of the faulty League of Nations as well as appeasement in European countries, World War II took a turn for the worst, making it the biggest, most deadly, and most impactful war in history. The League of Nations was one thing that contributed to the start of World War II.

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.

Japanese pilots took to the skies with mounted machine guns on bomber planes and thousands of pounds of explosives, and bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. For example, they took off with fighter jets and bombers, killing 2,403 people and wounding 1,178. Under the cover of a storm, the Japanese flew in and dropped thousands of 500g bombs, hitting and sinking 18 United States ships, 6 of which were aircraft carriers. In addition, the attack was unwarned, and it killed thousands of soldiers and civilians, crushing the spirits of United States citizens. It destroyed the naval fleet in port at Pearl Harbor, which damaged the U.S severely. Unknown to many, they also bombed the U.S Air Force base in Hawaii, incapacitating 300 fighter jets and cargo planes. Furthermore, this unwarned attack was a cowardly act and dropping an atomic bomb was completely justified. The unwarned attack killed thousands of people, soldiers and citizens alike. Use of nuclear weapons as

The Japanese lost twenty nine aircraft, sixty four men, mostly aircrew, and five miniature submarines. Another point of the Japanese strategy was to destroy the Pacific Fleet, which was a Pacific Ocean theater level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to the United States Pacific Command. It carried aircrafts and was able to command from its base. “By 1900 the U.S. Navy had grown from twelfth to third largest in the world... In 1908 it began building a naval base at Pearl Harbor (Heineman 9)”

Furthermore, on December 7, 1941 this horrid event left the United States in shock. The Japanese set up their base camp 230 miles north of Pearl Harbor with 350 planes and six battleships (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku). The Japanese lost 29 out of the 350 planes

On December 7, 1941, was the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan decided to do a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base in Hawaii. Japan was going to become one of the greatest naval powers in the world but the United States was in its way so the attack on Pearl Harbor was one of their strategies to hold off the United States.

On Dec. 7th 1941, the Japanese navy conducted many surprise attacks on American holdings throughout the Pacific Ocean. Of all of these, the most famous and daring was the attack on Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. The American pacific fleet called Pearl Harbor its home port and housed 8 battleships and all the aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean. Under the command of Admiral Yamamoto, 6 aircraft carriers launched 414 planes in 2 waves of attacks. The first wave began at 7:48 a.m. and included 183 planes. This initial wave caught the American naval base completely by surprise. Japanese pilots destroyed most American fighters on the ground. The second wave attacked the harbor proper. While the attack lasted only 90 minutes attack, over 2000

After the defeat of Midway, the Japanese military completely lost the aerial dominance in the Pacific area. The US Navy were closing in on the Japanese islands in 1945. In the last few months of the Japanese Empire, the Japanese government mobilized all civilians into preparation for the prospects of home island invasion. Students were taught combat and survival skills, locations of the air-raid shelters were assigned, the public were facing unprecedented panic. Furthermore, The use of incendiary bombs by the US air force put so many Japanese cities on fire. According to the survivor, people were mostly burned alive by the fire, there was nowhere to hide; some people jumped into pools hoping the water will put out the flame, but the water was

On 7th December 1941, Japan launched a major surprise carrier-based air strike on Pearl Harbor without explicit warning, which crippled the United States Pacific Fleet, leaving eight American battleships out of action, 188 American aircraft destroyed, and 2,403 American citizens dead.

December 7th, Japanese artillery made a surprise attack on American soil. Japanese fighter planes attacked at Pearl Harbor, the American naval base in Hawaii. It was a devastating attack that lasted for nearly 3 hours. Tons of American ships and planes were destroyed, and over 2,000 sailors were killed during the attack. Just the day after the attack, Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted congress to declare war of Japan.

World War II killed more people, destroyed more property, disrupted more lives, and probably had more far-reaching consequences than any other war in history. The war, which ended in 1945, eventually involved 61 countries, claimed 50 million lives, and completely changed the geopolitical landscape. The causes of World War II can be easily traced back to many of the unsolved issues from the end of World War I and the treaties that ended it also created new political and economic problems. Forceful leaders in several countries took advantage of these problems to seize power. The desire of dictators in Germany and Italy, and Japan to conquer additional territory brought them into conflict with the democratic nations.

“The world must know what happened, and never forget.” (World War 2) General Eisenhower reflecting upon the world war II, and acknowledging it as a pertinent event in the history of the United States of America. War is war, it is not pretty or humane, but what it is, is a diplomatic way in which to settle disputes and aggressions between countries. By analyzing these wars of the past, the people of the country can learn many things, be it mistakes made by one side, strategy from someone else or battle field etiquette. And it is through this analysis that the human race is able to further itself to not repeat the mistakes made by their ancestors. There are many lessons to be learned from looking at the