Japan Paper: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of death and destruction occurred, with smaller, weaker countries being thrown under the control of an abusive, dictatorial regime. Outer countries were fighting hard to try and stop this massive war machine, but to almost no avail. The European countries that …show more content…
It was a peaceful morning on the island, with cloudy skies. At around 0740, a fleet of 353 Japanese approached Pearl Harbor, where a great number of United States military vessels were stored, harbored, or docked. This attack was meant to be a surprise, but even the Japanese were surprised at how unprepared the United States was for a potential bombing. The Japanese discovered that the naval and aerial assets of the United States at Pearl Harbor had been relatively loosely guarded. This was because the Americans were not expecting an attack on them; they were expecting the Japanese to attack a closer European colony, or a smaller Pacific Island. The United States itself was so far away from the Japanese mainland as to be extremely inconvenient for any kind of aerial or naval attack. (The two countries are about 4000 miles apart. The Americans were preparing to eventually rush to the aid of any smaller island nation that Japan tried to annex or conquer, and were not preparing for direct conflict. Thus, the United States was a sitting duck, and the Japanese were able to effectively carry out their attack. The attack lasted for roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, and ended with the destruction of 19 United States naval
From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of death and destruction occurred, with smaller, weaker countries being thrown under the control of an abusive, dictatorial regime. Outer countries were fighting hard to try and stop this massive war machine, but to almost no avail. The European countries that …show more content…
It was a peaceful morning on the island, with cloudy skies. At around 0740, a fleet of 353 Japanese approached Pearl Harbor, where a great number of United States military vessels were stored, harbored, or docked. This attack was meant to be a surprise, but even the Japanese were surprised at how unprepared the United States was for a potential bombing. The Japanese discovered that the naval and aerial assets of the United States at Pearl Harbor had been relatively loosely guarded. This was because the Americans were not expecting an attack on them; they were expecting the Japanese to attack a closer European colony, or a smaller Pacific Island. The United States itself was so far away from the Japanese mainland as to be extremely inconvenient for any kind of aerial or naval attack. (The two countries are about 4000 miles apart. The Americans were preparing to eventually rush to the aid of any smaller island nation that Japan tried to annex or conquer, and were not preparing for direct conflict. Thus, the United States was a sitting duck, and the Japanese were able to effectively carry out their attack. The attack lasted for roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, and ended with the destruction of 19 United States naval