Compare And Contrast Vietnam And Pearl Harbor Bombing

The differences between the two countries it's that Pearl Harbor bombing was unexpected on a Sunday morning.Some of the same things about both counties it's they both killed people and had strong forces. Next they both had some people to survive that eventually end up dying. A difference is the United States only dropped one bomb, but Pearl Harbor dropped several bombs. Japanese had 237,000 people killed. They had 280,000 to 290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers. In the four-month period following the explosion between 90,000 and 166,000 people believed to have died from the bomb. About 70,00 of 76,000 buildings were damaged or annihilated , and 48,000 of those were entirely razed. When the Americans released the bomb seven hours later thick clouds and drifting smoke from fires started by a major for bombing. The attack on Pearl Harbor was influenced by a British attack. Early morning at 5:00 a.m on December 7, 1941 a Japanese fleet of 6 aircrafts sat 640 miles North. Over 350 Japanese planes attacked about 33 American ships.They attacked Pearl Harbor by using torpedoes, bombers, and midget submarines. The goal was to sink the aircrafters carriers or the ship. It took them almost a year to plan the attack on Hawaii and they practiced low torpedo runs on ships and high altitude for person bomb …show more content…
North Korea and Vietnam was based on two events in 1968, which was called the Pueblo incident and the My Lai Massacre. North Korea captured the USS Pueblo one was killed and 82 others were held hostage for 11 months. The DPRK is where the ship is held. A sad thing of the Pueblo is that North Korea holds on to the past. The North Korea had a different reaction to the Vietnam . In March 1968 a company of American soldiers entered the South Vietnamese and killed over 400 civilians. Some similarities that the two countries has is that they were limited wars. They were suppose to use nuclear weapons but did