The Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces came into view at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor where the great Pacific Fleet was stationed at. This surprise attack caused the U.S. to enter World War II. There is evidence that FDR provoked the Japanese to attack the U.S. for there to be an excuse to enter World War II, but there are other reasons the Japanese attacked the U.S. Maybe it was the several thousand men that were lost at the bombing that caused the U.S. to enter World War II or the aircraft carriers that were all damaged severely, but we will see why the U.S. declared war on Japan a few days later after the attack.
Sunday morning on December 7, 1941 sailors, marines, and other soldiers are waking up for breakfast and church. While the Japanese are just miles away waiting for IsorukuYamamoto to give the signal to attack the unprepared U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese are attacking the Pacific Fleet that contains of 250,000 navy …show more content…
The Japanese planned the journey to Hawaii very carefully to make sure they were not spotted by any major ships or planes that were in the Pacific. The Japanese planned the attack on Pearl Harbor weeks before while they were still at peace with the United States. The Japanese planned to first tell the U.S. that there was no peace between these two countries and attack 30 minutes later, but the attack started before the Japanese could inform the U.S. Even though the Japanese destroyed so many ships and planes they did not attack the fuel or submarine storages, just the Pacific Fleet itself. By the end of the attack all the battleships at Pearl Harbor were damaged severely or sunk and of the 500 aircrafts 188 were destroyed and 159 damaged. For the Japanese only 28 aircrafts were destroyed and 5 submarines destroyed. Even though the Japanese were very successful, the U.S. did not give up and declared war on the
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces came into view at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor where the great Pacific Fleet was stationed at. This surprise attack caused the U.S. to enter World War II. There is evidence that FDR provoked the Japanese to attack the U.S. for there to be an excuse to enter World War II, but there are other reasons the Japanese attacked the U.S. Maybe it was the several thousand men that were lost at the bombing that caused the U.S. to enter World War II or the aircraft carriers that were all damaged severely, but we will see why the U.S. declared war on Japan a few days later after the attack.
Sunday morning on December 7, 1941 sailors, marines, and other soldiers are waking up for breakfast and church. While the Japanese are just miles away waiting for IsorukuYamamoto to give the signal to attack the unprepared U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese are attacking the Pacific Fleet that contains of 250,000 navy …show more content…
The Japanese planned the journey to Hawaii very carefully to make sure they were not spotted by any major ships or planes that were in the Pacific. The Japanese planned the attack on Pearl Harbor weeks before while they were still at peace with the United States. The Japanese planned to first tell the U.S. that there was no peace between these two countries and attack 30 minutes later, but the attack started before the Japanese could inform the U.S. Even though the Japanese destroyed so many ships and planes they did not attack the fuel or submarine storages, just the Pacific Fleet itself. By the end of the attack all the battleships at Pearl Harbor were damaged severely or sunk and of the 500 aircrafts 188 were destroyed and 159 damaged. For the Japanese only 28 aircrafts were destroyed and 5 submarines destroyed. Even though the Japanese were very successful, the U.S. did not give up and declared war on the