Attack on Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941 the United States was forcefully launched into World War II by the attack that the Empire of Japan had set in motion. Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, with her blue waters and tropical greenery is a beautiful gem of the Pacific Ocean. On “a date that will live in infamy” Japanese pilots proceeded to blitz the presumed “non-torpedo-able” harbor in a maelstrom pulse of terror. Japanese Zeros with their arsenal of modified torpedoes assaulted, destroyed, and…

Japan Paper: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of…

On December 7, 1941, a tragic event has occurred as Japan sent out to attack America, Pearl Harbor. We gain the perspective of both sides and their reasoning to both Japan and America, but was Japan justified for their actions? The attack that occurred that took place killed thousands of people who could be seen as innocent citzens of America, but because of the oil that Japan needed, they took charge. Are they justified for their actions? I believe they are justified, as there are both sides of…

discrimination, but on December 7, 1941, everything changed To panicked. people after the attack on Pearl Harbor, every Japanese could be a potential spy, ready and willing to assist in an invasion that was expected at any moment. ( or they could just be people who love being in the u.s and wouldn't hurt us at all but you all are all paranoid.) or were they?!!! They both started because of fear. After the attack Pearl Harbor, many…

Roosevelt knew about an impending Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor and chose to give a limited warning in order to have the American people ready to go to war, two schools of thought emerge. One side will believe that Roosevelt did this, and the other side will not. It has long been a controversy that Franklin D. Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor prior to and chose not to give a warning with details to the Naval officers…

his Infamy Speech the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. This surprise attack hit the harbor and its surrounding areas on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The island was bombed by a contingent of more than 350 Japanese planes and midget submarines (Zimm 152). This was a premeditated military based attack, with Japan’s hope of preventing U.S. naval interference while they conquered southeast Asia and surrounding islands in the 1940’s. The effects of the Pearl Harbor attack were immediately felt,…

America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (American). President Roosevelt said this the day after Japan decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. The bombing of Pearl Harbor affected America in a bad way because there were many causalities as well as many ships lost. The attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, was a tragic event in American history. Throughout the 1930’s and 40’s Japan had been trying to conquer Asia. During this time, the United…

The attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii prompted the United States to join World War II and completely destroyed the already tenuous relationship between Japan and the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor was caused by the failing relationship that came to fruition during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The only possible defense for the Japanese attack comes from a fervent Japanese imperialist. The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7th, 1941 was…

Though the date is september 1939 the acts that went on through this war and the holocaust had a preamble starting before the biblical times.The U.S. being the war capital shockingly entered the fight very late into the war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is what lead to the United States of America to enter World War Two. These are reasons why the U.S. chose to enter the war late. World War Two was a war of hate, discrimination and elimination of the jewish people and many other minorities…

after The Pearl Harbor Attack. This was a dark day for America. Bombs dropped on all 31 of the navy’s ships in Pearl Harbor and not to mention the around 2,000 American men that were killed during the attack. To this day, this date brings back emotion and melancholy to the nation, but with this critical event, it shall never be forgotten. This is a day triumphs many others in the American history. Events like this stand out from other wars, battles, and attacks for one main reason: this attack…