Attack

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 10 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    What caused the 9/11 attack against the United States of America? The 9/11 attack was orchestrated due to United States government continued support of Israel by providing military support presence in the middle east. The 9/11 planners, attackers or terrorists did not like the fact that United States government officials supported Israel. They did not like the invasion of Iraq nor the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia. The terrorists believed United States government officials and citizens…

    • 578 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    watch the news on the television. My home room teacher was right, I didn't know the degree of the event happening right in front of me, and to this day I remember. The Islamic extremist killed many of our citizens by this attack and hurt all of our security as this was the first attack on American soil since it was claimed. The extremist group was very set in their ways so preventing this horrible…

    • 468 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Attack on Pearl Harbor If any American is asked what comes to mind when the date December 7, 1971 coms up, the first and only thing that comes to mind is the attack on Pearl Harbor. America will never forget this event. On the this Sunday morning 361 planes launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers and delivered a surprise attack on America’s naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Arguily the most memorable day in US’s history. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and within hours America was…

    • 1348 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Can you prevent lone wolf terror attacks? Lone wolf terror attacks are caused by private individuals; therefore, lone wolf terror attacks cannot be fully prevented without invading civil rights. In the case of Anders Breivik, a Norwegian lone wolf terrorist, caught the entire country off guard with the most merciless terrorist attack in Norway’s history, killing 77 people. He was a man who was considered a normal, and a happy person; however, when he was captured, his laptop was searched and on…

    • 1779 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    weekend day in December at Oahu, Hawaii. All the ships were resting at the docks at Pearl Harbor, Oahu. Nobody was thinking the Japanese were going to attack something so far away from home even though war was going on over there. Pearl harbor was the home port for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. They were a bit weary about that the Japanese might come attack but they figured they wouldn’t. They had lined the fleet up in a form just in case something might happen. Later that day the air-raid sirens…

    • 277 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    to bomb them from above with fighter planes. The first step was the Japanese sent fighter planes to carry midgets to submarines so they could attack the U.S.. Then they tried to bomb the U.S. by using fighter planes because the Japanese thought that the U.S. would surrender after they used multiple try at doing that they failed. Leading up to the attack of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto planned sticking the U.S. with fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedoes because he wanted the U.S. to…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Potential Terrorist Attacks The 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. caused a paradigm shift in security procedures and surveillance techniques (Boer, 2015). The Department of Homeland Security works with other agencies to anticipate and mitigate potential terrorist attacks. Aggressors use a variety of weapons and devices designed to inflict maximum damage. Car bombs can cause unprecedented destruction since they have a large quantity of explosives (Phillips, 2018). Both moving and stationary…

    • 574 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Was Japan’s attack successful? Was the U.S. ready for the attack? Did the U.S. strike back? Japan was scared of the U.S.’s Pacific Fleet that might stop the Japanese invasions. The U.S. stopped sending some oil to Japan and that hurt Japan very badly. The U.S. was against many actions that Japan had done. Pearl Harbor was a place where the U.S. suffered many casualties, wasn’t a smart place for Japan to attack, and where Japan suffered many repercussions. The U.S. suffered many casualties in…

    • 474 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Prior to the 9/11 attacks, terrorism, internal or external groups, for the most part was unknown to Americans. Terrorism existed, but Americans were not really aware until we was blindsided by the attack on the World Trade Center and the others attacks that happened on 9/11. We as Americans were frightened at what happen and terrified at what was to come. The public’s perception after the attacks on 9/11, was pure chaos and uncertainty. The killing of so many people unexpectedly, that it…

    • 269 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    7th 1941 was a very tragic day for Americans, it will always be remembered as “a date which will live in infamy”. When we are looking back on this event, doesn’t it make us wonder whether the attack was anticipated? Different people look at this attack differently. Although many think it was a surprise attack, a lot of the evidence has shown that President Roosevelt had plenty warnings about the Japanese military attacking the Navy. Given all these predictions of the enemy plan, this bombing…

    • 432 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 50