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What happened on Pearl Harbor, 1941? So it all started on a Sunday morning on December 7th, 1941. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. This attack was a surprise for the United States. More than 2,000 soldiers died and 1,000 were wounded. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. The Congress approved his declaration. The japannese sent their airplanes in two waves, about 45 minutes apart. In the first wave, B5N2 bombers, that the U.S. use to call “Kates” attacked the battleships like the uss arizona, California, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. The B5N2 bombers was the largest aircraft on Japanese carriers. Most of the battleships that were sunk in the Pearl Harbor were sunk by torpedoes. …show more content…

It was built in the mid 1910’s. The Japanese bombed the uss
Arizona four times the battleship eventually sank. Around 1,177 sailors and marines died on the USS Arizona on the acttacks. Something that i found interesting was that the USS Arizona is still leaking fuel. Why did people name the uss arizona the uss arizona? The uss arizona was named in honor of the 48th state. The 48th state is arizona. Arizona was announced a state in 1912. It is 104 years old. How did the United States respond to the Pearl Harbor attacks? The day after the attacks President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his “Day of Infamy Speech” which he asked the Congress to declare war on Japan. The congress approved his declaration. And the United States join world war 2. On December 11th 1941 Japan's allies Germany and Italy declared war on the the United States. Japan was not alone anymore. The united states wanted to stay neutral they did not want to fight but they felt obligated after the attacks of pearl harbor but even more after germany, and Italy also declared

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