Mitsuo Fuchida

right at them and they were just outside the range of the artillery cannons so no support fire was available, they were alone. Jones was leading the charge, “ok 2s, you know the mission, focus your fire on that Nakajima Ki-49 bomber, that’s where Mitsuo is!”, He broadcasted through his radio headset. Soon the Japanese line was breached by Squadron No. 2 but they were receiving heavy fire and pulling evasive maneuvers, and this battle seemed all but lost, then suddenly Mark swooped in and lined up

the air. Everyone looked around at each other confused to whether this was a drill or an actual attack. Then Admiral Kimmel ran out of his tent and announced to the U.S Naval Fleet that this was not a drill, but a raid. The Japanese commander Mitsuo Fuchida, who was the leader of the attack then called out, “ Tora! Tora! Tora!” People ran in every direction in terror, as the Japanese aircrafts dropped the first

restrains. The Japanese had no other option but to go to war in order to escape the trap. Japanese captain Mitsuo Fuchida led the first air wave attack in Pearl Harbor. The entire attack took approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. The Japanese strike force contained 353 aircraft. The Japanese air force damaged 19 U.S navy ships. Fifty five Japanese airmen were killed in the attacked. Mitsuo Fuchida famous quote that relates to Pearl Harbor goes “It is said that the reason for a State to nurture its

If people were under attack, what would they do? Run and scream, shield themselves, accept fate? This was some of the things people did on the attack of Pearl Harbor, or as Erik Anderson calls it ‘The Gibraltar of the Pacific’ (Pearl Harbor Facts). This was a day America would not soon forget. This time in history was early morning, December 7, 1941, or now known as D-Day. This was the start of World War II and this event was pure chaos. Pearl Harbor was on the southern coast of Oahu, 20 miles

The main question that is always asked when talking about the surprise attack is why Pearl Harbor? In short, the Pearl was chosen because the bulk of the Pacific area’s military commands were based there. Despite the ongoing peace negotiations, Emperor Hirohito’s concern was how he could expand his territory and power. The large military was there due to the fears concerning the hostile Japanese presence On December 8, 1941, the following day, President Roosevelt delivered his “Infamy Speech”. The

coast and his point of view when the bombings of Pearl Harbor took place. Fuchida was present in one of the Japanese warplanes and as he saw the Northern shore of Oahu, he also saw all 8, targeted battleships but no carriers. Soon after, he sent out the message to attack and once it was carried out, the message ‘surprise attack successful’ was sent to Akagi at 7:53 AM and then it was duly relayed back to their homeland. Fuchida and way to Ford Island, the U.S. antiaircraft fire began to concentrate

“Tora! Tora! Tora!” exclaimed Japanese commander Mitsuo Fuchida as they bombed Pearl Harbor, catching the Americans completely by surprise on Sunday. This attack was initiated on December 7, 1941, the first wave having fallen around 7:55 AM and the second nearly an hour later. This bombing had triggered World War 1 but at what cost as the war finished and the bombing was merely a small event in a chaos of sequences? Japanese Americans were now seen as the enemy in the country they called home, people

attack on Pearl Harbor changed the way the U.S does things. It’s how we got into a fight with Imperial Japan. It was a devastating time for the U.S. . 2 Japan lead an air attack on Pearl Harbor. The person who lead the attack on Pearl Harbor was Mitsuo Fuchida. He attacked before he was supposed to because the embasaters of Japan were stuck in a waiting room. So they didn’t have a chance to declare war before the bombing. When he returned home no one liked him they thought he was a disgrace. Shortly

The United States was entered into the war not by choice, but by force. World War II was going on between Europe and Japan. We were only involved as the help to Europe, the help did not go over very well with the Japanese. On December 7, 1941, a little before 7 a.m. Lieutenant William W. Outerbridge saw an object in the water and told his crew to fire at it. The unknown object was soon realized to be a midget Japanese submarine. This is one warning that was ignored. At 7 a.m. U.S radar picked up

realized they were wrong because the United States obliterated their target. “We realized that in order to protect Japan, their defensive perimeter had to be extended eastward. Midway, a tiny island a thousand miles from Hawaii became the target” (Mitsuo Fuchida). The Japanese were so disoriented after the raid they sent almost all of their fleet to Midway. America won the battle of Midway when the United States Navy defeated the Japanese naval force and the tables turned as the dominant position of Japan