Attack on Pearl Harbor

“As the attack was treacherous and unexpected, the ill-fated crews of these ships perished - except a handful, who escaped by a hair 's breadth. All hell broke loose at this place and the scenario was ghastly and gory. The Japanese lost only 29 planes in the bargain. Their bombs and torpedoes could not somehow target the US cruisers Enterprise, Lexinaton and Saratoga. Their survival later cost the Japanese Navy dearly. Fortunately for the USA, the dockyard, where the ships could be repaired,…

Pearl Harbor is known to be the most memorable event in history. This changed everything and led us into into World War Two. The United States did a lot to Japan and finally they got irritated and did something back and that was attacking Pearl Harbor. For example US stop trading oil, telling Japan to leave China and US expanded there fleet. The reason why Japan attack Pearl Harbor is because U.S. stop trading oil. In document C, in 1939 U.S. begins to embargo aircrafts, and parts aircrafts…

Pearl Harbor was a truly fun and educational movie. This movie is of course based upon the events that happened at the Pearl Harbor Naval base on the morning of December 7, 1941, which includes both the time before the strike, and the events that followed. This movie takes place in Hawaii on the deck of a nuclear aircraft carrier. Throughout the movie, the main focus was to portray American patriotism. I believe they did a great job in doing this. The major characters in this movie are: Ben…

the possibility of error does not exist within the group, and therefore further analysis and discussion of the subject at hand is unnecessary. One of the most famous examples of groupthink relates to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. In the weeks immediately proceeding the attack, the United States received numerous intelligence reports regarding the possibility of the Japanese carrying out…

hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, leaving chaos and destruction behind. In total nearly 20 US navy vessels were destroyed and over 2300 American soldiers were killed. In an article written soon after the attack, a soldier was recorded saying, “Every last one of the 130,000,000 of us is in this up to his neck” (Forget). His words revealed to many Americans that the affects from Pearl Harbor weren’t just going to leave a mark in Hawaii. It would…

created an embargo that cut off Japan’s oil supply. The Japanese felt that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was the best response to Roosevelt’s embargo, as they believed that they needed oil and other resources which were cut off by the U.S. navy. In the aftermath of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans mourned the loss of their brothers and sisters while the Japanese rejoiced. The Japanese viewed the attack as a victory, one that would deter the U.S. from immediate involvement in…

On December 7th 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt said “a date which will live in infamy. Pearl Harbor was the worst tragedy at the time. It is important to remember that when reading historical fiction, some elements of the story will be truth while others will be made up. Author Harry Mazer talks about some of the true events in Pearl Harbor but it is mostly historically inaccurate. In the book Boy at War the author Harry Mazer starts the book slow but the speed picks up dramatically and…

The attack on Pearl Harbor struck fear and anger into the people of the U.S. Almost immediately after the attack, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Our national security was questioned and chaos erupted on the West Coast. People thought that the Japanese would attack them next. Racial tensions grew on Japanese-Americans. Focused one one goal: revenge. The U.S. people united and through the next several years, that unity made the U.S. a global superpower.…

Day Of Infamy This document is about the comparison of the 9/11 and the pearl harbor incidents. This document is going to explain the comparison of presidential responses to 9/11 incident as well as pearl harbor. Discussion about how the culture and class of the attackers in the both incidents have affected us. Therefore what religious affiliation and notions of superiority have influenced these events. Both events pearl harbor and 9/11 were disastrous. Consequently in these disasters the lives…

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor seemed like a random act of aggression on an unsuspecting nation that had no reason to suffer, however, what if this was not the entire truth? During the mid to later parts of the 1930 's America, along with Britain, China, and the Dutch, put major trade sanctions on the Japanese Empire called the "ABCD Line" which refers to the nations involved. These sanctions specifically froze Japanese Steel, Oil, and Rubber imports. The Japanese media and propagandists…