Attack on Pearl Harbor

"December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy." Those words, uttered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, changed the course of American history. It all started on the morning of December 7, 1941, when the empire of Japan finally decided to bomb the U.S. For the past six to seven years, U.S. President Roosevelt had tried everything he could to anger the Japanese so they could go to war. Roosevelt wanted to go war with Japan to show how more powerful…

flag was so valuable to me that I pushed him so he doesn’t burn the flag, but it was too late. I asked him angrily, “Why did you burn it, did you lose your mind?” he looked at me back yelling “Don’t you understand, Pearl Harbor attacked”. At that moment I didn’t know what Pearl Harbor was, but all I knew it was something valuable to him. Without more talking I helped him in what he was doing until he started to throw some of our valuable Japanese furniture out. I stopped him telling him “Are…

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…

and customs, and experienced a dramatic time period within politics. As 1941 drew to an end, a major event drastically shaped American history, along with the world’s history: Pearl Harbor. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (an early Sunday morning). This attack incorporated…

It was December 7th, 1941 the worst day in US history: the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The next day the President told the World, "I asked that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack on Japan on Sunday, a state of war has existed between United States and Japanese Empire." The child was very mad because his dad was going to be going to be in the Navy because they recruited husband, because he was a experience out on the ocean. The child said " It was weird not…

would be if they hadn’t happened. Some events send ripples into the future, while others send large waves of change altering far more than anyone could expect. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the event that would lead the United States into World War II and it would change the country forever. Prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States entered wars with hesitation and then retreated into themselves when they ended (CS 544). Following World War I the American people were so…

because people are predicting a war, there are already many terrorists attacks, and their is soon going to be camps for immigrants The first reason why I think that something like the history in this book could happen today is because people are actually predicting a war in our country. THe setting of this book took place around 1941, which was the year when the attack of pearl harbor happened. Shortly after the attack of pearl harbor happened World War Two started. So the reason why people…

the Japanese declared war on the US by attacking Pearl Harbor. This attack claimed a staggering 2,403 lives and wounded 1,178 others instigating the US’s entrance into World War II. I was fortunate enough to visit and participate in a group performance at this historic site, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack. While visiting this monument, I learned about the significance of this attack on the American soil. This attack symbolized a transition for Americans who were…

The speech President Roosevelt gave to begin his Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan was a Presidential act. The speech was an outspoken decision to declare war against Japan and bring the United States into World War II. His purpose was to report about the recent attack on Pearl Harbor to explain the actions that were going to be occurring soon. It also was to persuade Congress to declare a war. There are reasons we have to believe that President…

The Philippine Islands, Wake Island, Hawaii, and Midway Island in less than three days. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, an American Naval Base in Hawaii, it was a bigger massacre than expected and many Americans perished. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his speech known as “The Infamy Speech” one day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces during World War II. Until this attack, the United States was neutral in World War II. The purpose of The Infamy Speech was to rally the nation…