Pearl Harbor As everyone knows, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan many years ago. Not many people would think about searching what really happened, why they attacked, or even what was going on before the attack. There were things happening and people didn’t even know! I was able to find some interesting things, mostly stuff to do with Japan before the attack. There are even some things I found that weren’t about the bombing. The bombing wasn’t just a random attack, as I’m sure people know. Even though the attack was a surprise to most people, it wasn’t to everyone! As I said before, there are some things not really known about the attack. In 1942, as the country reeled from the attack on Pearl Harbor, qualified male pilots were in short
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Again, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines. Then, on December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech, also known as the “Infamy Speech” to the American citizens, informing them that this happened while the US was in the midst of talks to keep peace. That same day, America entered into World War II. On the southern end of Oahu, Pearl Harbor held a 22,000 acre naval base. The majority quartered there because of growing apprehensions regarding an aggressive Japanese presence. A plan was developed to cripple the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor to allow time for Japan to seize the resource areas it needed and fortify them to the point that retaking them would cost more lives than the imperial High Command thought Americans would be willing to pay. The whole Pearl Harbor attack plan was conceived by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who actually had studied in the United States, commander in chief of the IJN. …show more content…
Nobody in Hawaii knew it yet, just like nobody yet knew that several flights of Japanese warplanes were already in the air and headed toward the island. The Pearl Harbor attack plan had two immediate goals; the destruction of American aircraft carriers known to frequent the area, and the sinking of as many other capital ships as possible, especially battleships. Once north of Hawaii, a scouting mission of two float planes was to be launched in order to ascertain the presence of American fleet units at Pearl Harbor, Lahaina Roads and in the waters immediately around Oahu. (www.wtj.com/articles/pearl_harbor) So, with all of those different stories, anyone could have learned something new. Who attacked Pearl Harbor? The Empire of Japan. Why was Pearl Harbor attacked? That’s a bit more complicated. A short answer: the Japanese felt that as an axis power that they would eventually go to war with the United States in the Pacific Ocean. With all of the repeating, I would hope one would know these answers! There are definitely still many more theories, myths, and different views that I have not mentioned. The attack on Pearl Harbor was judged by the Tokyo Trials to be a war
Again, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines. Then, on December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech, also known as the “Infamy Speech” to the American citizens, informing them that this happened while the US was in the midst of talks to keep peace. That same day, America entered into World War II. On the southern end of Oahu, Pearl Harbor held a 22,000 acre naval base. The majority quartered there because of growing apprehensions regarding an aggressive Japanese presence. A plan was developed to cripple the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor to allow time for Japan to seize the resource areas it needed and fortify them to the point that retaking them would cost more lives than the imperial High Command thought Americans would be willing to pay. The whole Pearl Harbor attack plan was conceived by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who actually had studied in the United States, commander in chief of the IJN. …show more content…
Nobody in Hawaii knew it yet, just like nobody yet knew that several flights of Japanese warplanes were already in the air and headed toward the island. The Pearl Harbor attack plan had two immediate goals; the destruction of American aircraft carriers known to frequent the area, and the sinking of as many other capital ships as possible, especially battleships. Once north of Hawaii, a scouting mission of two float planes was to be launched in order to ascertain the presence of American fleet units at Pearl Harbor, Lahaina Roads and in the waters immediately around Oahu. (www.wtj.com/articles/pearl_harbor) So, with all of those different stories, anyone could have learned something new. Who attacked Pearl Harbor? The Empire of Japan. Why was Pearl Harbor attacked? That’s a bit more complicated. A short answer: the Japanese felt that as an axis power that they would eventually go to war with the United States in the Pacific Ocean. With all of the repeating, I would hope one would know these answers! There are definitely still many more theories, myths, and different views that I have not mentioned. The attack on Pearl Harbor was judged by the Tokyo Trials to be a war