Introduction
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very significant event which took place during the second world war. It was a surprise attack orchestrated by the Imperial Japanese navy, devastating the U.S. on December 7th, 1941. There were two waves of planes, the first one arriving at exactly 7:53 AM, the second one arriving at 8:55. This obviously influenced how the war ended, because they caused the U.S. to retaliate.
There are several reasons as to what caused Japan to attack the Pearl Harbor naval base located Hawaii. One of the largest reasons was that the fact that the japanese emperor Hirohito wanted to seize more power, and he was afraid that the U.S. was going to attempt to stop him from doing so.
This is why he created a surprise attack which was supposed to cripple the U.S. and make them compliant to Japan’s plans. They hoped to strike such a large blow to the american people that they could skip the real fighting and get to the war negotiations. This is because they were painfully aware that they had no chance of beating the U.S. just in a straight-up war, due to the fact that the U.S. had a much stronger economy. …show more content…
The tally of american lives lost was around 2,400, while there were also 18 ships and 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed or damaged. This obviously enraged the americans, who wanted to retaliate as quickly as possible. There was a session of the congress called the very next day after the attack took place. In this meeting, president Franklin D. Roosevelt decided with the congress, that war was to be declared against Japan. The vote was so unanimous that only one person (a pacifist) voted against the declaration of war. Part of this decision was because of the letter that was sent to the U.S. after the attack. This letter was from the Japanese government, and it was informing the U.S. of their plans to break off their political
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very significant event which took place during the second world war. It was a surprise attack orchestrated by the Imperial Japanese navy, devastating the U.S. on December 7th, 1941. There were two waves of planes, the first one arriving at exactly 7:53 AM, the second one arriving at 8:55. This obviously influenced how the war ended, because they caused the U.S. to retaliate.
There are several reasons as to what caused Japan to attack the Pearl Harbor naval base located Hawaii. One of the largest reasons was that the fact that the japanese emperor Hirohito wanted to seize more power, and he was afraid that the U.S. was going to attempt to stop him from doing so.
This is why he created a surprise attack which was supposed to cripple the U.S. and make them compliant to Japan’s plans. They hoped to strike such a large blow to the american people that they could skip the real fighting and get to the war negotiations. This is because they were painfully aware that they had no chance of beating the U.S. just in a straight-up war, due to the fact that the U.S. had a much stronger economy. …show more content…
The tally of american lives lost was around 2,400, while there were also 18 ships and 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed or damaged. This obviously enraged the americans, who wanted to retaliate as quickly as possible. There was a session of the congress called the very next day after the attack took place. In this meeting, president Franklin D. Roosevelt decided with the congress, that war was to be declared against Japan. The vote was so unanimous that only one person (a pacifist) voted against the declaration of war. Part of this decision was because of the letter that was sent to the U.S. after the attack. This letter was from the Japanese government, and it was informing the U.S. of their plans to break off their political