What Happened At Pearl Harbor

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.

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.

On December 7, 1941 Japan stealthily attacked the U.S. Naval base located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii resulting in many casualties. This IMC plan will outline the objectives, strategies and tactics in order to promote awareness of the attacks as well as develop positive community involvement.

The attack on Pearl Harbor, this caused many people to be afraid and angry of the Japanese, American or foreign. This escalated so quickly that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1941(Timeline 6). The Executive Order declared that all people of Japanese ancestry were to be sent to internment camps away from the west coast( Timeline 6). The West coast had many military bases, and other places important to the war effort(Newsreel). With this information it can be can concluded that placing the Japanese people in the internment camps was unjustified. The internment of the Japanese was unjustified because The Germans and Italians were not sent to the internment camps as well, most of the Japanese people didn’t have a job that would allow them to sabotage the United States and the decision was not based on military conditions like it was said to.

The Attack on American Bases was a series of Japanese raids on American Bases in the Pacific during 1941 and 1942. They included Attacks on Pearl Harbor, Niihau, The First, Second and Third bombings of Midway and Johnston and Palmyra. The most well known of these attacks was Pearl Harbor. As a result of this attack, America declared war on Japan. As a response Italy and Germany declared war on the United States. The Attack on American Bases is one of the most influential moments of the 20th century, marking our entrance into World War II , and should be remembered as an important moment in United States history.

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.

Pearl Harbor: what do you think really happened? Well I’ll tell you. Pearl Harbor was a horrific event that killed so many people and destroyed so much. The bombing of of Pearl Harbor was terrible, and it should’ve been prevented.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese propelled a surprise destroy assault on the U.S. Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. At a young hour in the morning on December 7, there was near to 360 Japanese planes assaulted around 33 American ships which were requests of Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. America maintained a loss of 170 flying machines that morning and additionally 18 boats. Three thousand seven hundred Americans lost their lives in one day yet.

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).

December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy did an aerial surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the U. S Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. This air attack was simultaneous 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves. Flew low and swiftly threw the harbor The direct result was more than 2,400 American servicemen were killed and over a 1,000 wounded the direct actions of this event lead the U.S. into WWII. The following day president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan. “A date that will live in infamy” This was a day that our country wishes to never live again. The attack happened in Hawaii at the Naval Military base. Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese planes piloted kamikaze mission was a relentless destroying and doing as much damage as possible over the entire island not just military bases but residential as well dropping low and high attitude bombs. before eventually the ran out of ammo or and crashed their plane into a ship or anything that could be damaged these were call Kamikaze pilots they were men that began an assault on US forces stationed in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur had failed to gather intel to the men on board the ships and returning air team to return fire for this attack. The Japanese aircraft destroyed much of USA Air Force that was at the hanger. The Japanese main target the aircraft ship with all the planes was out at sea

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

The attack had been planned a long time ago. The Japanese were getting stressed over the years because of the Great Depression and for some reason the Japanese got angry at the Americans.

The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 was a day that all Americans will remember. It was a day that showed us we were not invincible, we could be struck on our home soil and it scared and demoralized the people of the United States. In an effort to combat that loss of moral and show the Japanese people that they were just as susceptible, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a directive to attack Japan as soon as possible.1 Of the options presented the course of action decided upon would use the Army Air Force and the Navy. Their mission would be to deliver bombers modified to take off from carrier vessels within striking distance of Japan. Then the bombers would launch, fly to, and bomb the cities of Tokyo and Nagoya.2 This mission would come to be known as the Doolittle raid, named for Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, who planned the mission.3 He was selected by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of Staff of the Army Air Forces.4

World War II has been considered one of the worst things to ever occur in history. Violence, death and aggression took place in the 1930s and 1940s in certain European nations. German leader, Hitler played an important, yet a very big role during this time. With the rise and domination of fascism in Germany and Italy, the goal was to maintain peace, established by the Treaty of Versailles ended up in major disaster. World War II began with the poor economic conditions in Europe after World War I and the confrontation of clashing forms of governments and in the end it brought about positive and negative changes of the world. World War II began on September 1st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland; this invasion led to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, The Great Depression, and the Holocaust.