United States Pacific Fleet

December 7, 1941. September 11, 2001. Both important dates in history. The United States of America was attacked on both of these dates. Many loved ones were lost, cities were attacked, and attractions were destroyed. These two attacks left a mark on the United States. tragedies happened on this day that many people these days will never forget. September 11, 2001 is a date to remember considering the events that happened on that day. Four planes hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists, nineteen men…

Americans as well as damaging or destroying eight Navy battleships and more than 100 planes. Though it would be some time before people learned the full scope of the damage, within days a once-distant war in Europe and the Pacific became a central part of life in the United States, affecting politics, business, media, and entertainment. In his new book, December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World, Craig Shirley offers a day-by-day chronicle of the full month and recounts…

From the original thirteen colonies in 1776 to the forty-five states at the turn of the twentieth century, the land that makes up the United States drastically changed through fairly rapid and steady expansion to the west and south. Between 1889 and 1893, six new states entered the Union, which represented the most in any four year period of the country’s history. The history of growth and expansion helped shape American culture and the average American’s viewpoint, which was ready to move…

migration to the west coast, and assisting United States’ military dispersement. The creation of the Panama Canal was first attempted by the French. The French canal was originally designed by Ferdinand de…

December morning ended the lives of 2,403 people while maiming 188 ships and marring the entire Pacific Fleet. At least 100 planes were destroyed and 8 battleships were put out of commission. (Morella) The outraged American people demanded the White House fight back. The day after, President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Congress to enter World War II, and they complied with little discussion. The United States government had sufficient information to prevent the tragic destruction of Pearl…

Harbor, Oahu. Nobody was thinking the Japanese were going to attack something so far away from home even though war was going on over there. Pearl harbor was the home port for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. They were a bit weary about that the Japanese might come attack but they figured they wouldn’t. They had lined the fleet up in a form just in case something might happen. Later that day the air-raid sirens started to go off! The japanese were inbound with over 100 planes! Everyone on all the ships…

the United States naval bases stationed in Hawaii territory. This unanticipated attack was a strategy by the…

On December 7, 1941 the United States was forcefully launched into World War II by the attack that the Empire of Japan had set in motion. Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, with her blue waters and tropical greenery is a beautiful gem of the Pacific Ocean. On “a date that will live in infamy” Japanese pilots proceeded to blitz the presumed “non-torpedo-able” harbor in a maelstrom pulse of terror. Japanese Zeros with their arsenal of modified torpedoes assaulted, destroyed, and…

this was decades ago, the people of the United States still find themselves today debating whether or not the use of the atomic bomb was necessary to end World War Two. Imagine how World War Two would have played out without the use of this discovery.…

Germany was trying to dominate every country in order to become the “best”, this led to an outbreak of war with anyone who tried to stop that. For that reason, the US was building up specifically their navy and airforce. In Document A, it states, “An order...is now crumbling” (Japanese Ministry of Education Source A) . The order that is being talked about is the powers in Europe, they were considered the most “powerfulest” countries because they had control over many territories around the…