The attacks on Pearl Harbor and 911 have many things in common, however, they also have some differences. First, some facts on Pearl Harbor: the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was an attack lead by the Japanese. The Japanese flew planes called kamikazes into American battleships docked in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Next, some facts on 911: on September 11, 2001 a group of terrorist named the Al Qaeda flew passengers jets into the world trade centers in New York City, New York. Both of these attacks lead to the U.S. joining and starting wars. Since Pearl Harbor came first, this paragraph will be on Pearl Harbor. The attack lasted almost two hours but the U.S. navy took heavy losses. Along with the 20 ships and almost 300 planes lost
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the attacks on the world trade centers started. The first plane hit at 8:45 the second just a few minutes later. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 including the people in the towers on the planes and the additional people at the pentagon. These attacks also led to the United States declaring war on Iraq three months after the 911 attacks.
So Pearl Harbor and 911 both happened early in the morning and involved planes flying into something. Another thing they have in common is the death tolls were very close in margin along with the U.S. joining a war soon after.
There are few differences in the attacks, like the people who led them. Al Qaeda was an islamic extremist terrorist group, not an entire country wanting a war with the United States. The Japanese were a legitimate country that wanted a war to attempt to take over the United States but failed. Another difference is that the war in Iraq is still going on and Al Qaeda is attempting a comeback after the U.S. pretty much ran them out of the major cities of Iraq. One more difference is the time it took for the U.S. to declare war on the opposing countries. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor it took the United States three short days to declare war. After 911 it took the United States three months to declare war on Iraq. This was a downside to the war effort to stop Al Qaeda because it gave them time to get the armies ready for
the attacks on the world trade centers started. The first plane hit at 8:45 the second just a few minutes later. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 including the people in the towers on the planes and the additional people at the pentagon. These attacks also led to the United States declaring war on Iraq three months after the 911 attacks.
So Pearl Harbor and 911 both happened early in the morning and involved planes flying into something. Another thing they have in common is the death tolls were very close in margin along with the U.S. joining a war soon after.
There are few differences in the attacks, like the people who led them. Al Qaeda was an islamic extremist terrorist group, not an entire country wanting a war with the United States. The Japanese were a legitimate country that wanted a war to attempt to take over the United States but failed. Another difference is that the war in Iraq is still going on and Al Qaeda is attempting a comeback after the U.S. pretty much ran them out of the major cities of Iraq. One more difference is the time it took for the U.S. to declare war on the opposing countries. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor it took the United States three short days to declare war. After 911 it took the United States three months to declare war on Iraq. This was a downside to the war effort to stop Al Qaeda because it gave them time to get the armies ready for