Dive bomber

Discuss 3 major events from WW2, what were they and how were they related? 3 major events from WW2 are the Attack on Pearl Harbour, The Bombing of Darwin and the Battle of Kokoda. Pearl Harbour was an attack on the US Naval base by the Japanese Navy. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as The Battle of Darwin was the largest single attack ever undertook by a foreign power on Australia. The battle of Kokoda was a 4 month battle between the Japanese and Australians. Although all 3 of these events…

to destroy 2 of the aircraft carriers, and 6 of the battleships. The second wave of Japanese planes was comprised of 171 aircraft. The centerpiece of this wave was the 81 dive bombers. These dive bombers were given the orders to complete the destruction of any surviving aircraft carriers or cruisers. Along with 57 large bombers, the remainder of the second wave was tasked with destroying the rest of the ground forces, and airstrips (Goldstein 22). This action would prevent any immediate return…

Throughout the Second World War, Spain was a non-aggressive state that was not engaged in any type of warfare. When WWII was about to begin and countries were starting to pick alliances, Spain was just recovering from a three yearlong civil war. By that time Spain was inflicted with poverty, the people were starving, and the Spaniards had their share of war. Keeping in mind all the pressure that was put on Spain to join the war, Franco was smart enough to play the system and benefit from…

to burn the wooden deck above I started to scramble to get to open air. My eyes were burning from smoke. I was less than 5 feet away from the star well when the deck above collapsed right in front of me. I was scrambling around when a Japanese dive bomber hit the side of the ship and made a gaping hole that a jeep could fit through. I was trying to get to the hole when the water started to rush in when the ship started to tilt over. By then half of my clothes have been burnt of. I ran to the…

Statehood of Hawaii “E ko makou Makua iloko o ka’lani, e hoa noia kou inoa. E hiki mai kou Aupuni: e Malamaia ma ka lani la. E haawi mai ia makou i keia la i ai no makou no neia la; e kala mai hoi ia makou i ka makou lawehala ana, me makou e kala nei i ka poe i lawehala i ka makou. Mai hoskuu oe ia makou i ka hoowalewaleia ma; e hoopakele no nae ia makou i kai no; no ka mea, nou ke Aupuni, a me ka mama, a me ka hoonaniia, a mau soa ake. Ameme.” (Smith, pg. 87) In 1900 the Hawaiian people…

On December 7, 1941, America was surprised with a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese army. Americans were awestruck with the fact that their country had been attacked so violently. Never before had any generation on of Americans witnessed an attack like the one on Pearl Harbor. The attack which occurred on December 7, 1941, proved to Americans that their country was not invincible to attacks by a foreign nation, so can we consider Pearl Harbor one of the most important wars that…

Four days later two squadron leaders were decorated. Norm Bretz had completed many operational sorties, in-cluding four low-level raids in Hurricane bombers during which two enemy destroyers were severely damaged. He led his squadron in four sorties at Dieppe, destroying one enemy aircraft and damaging another. Lloyd Chadburn also had led his squadron at Dieppe when it accounted for three enemy aircraft…

never been attacked on its own soil during a time of peace. An examination of primary and secondary will reveal the historical importance of this American history. On Sunday, December 7, there was 6 aircraft carriers, 81 fighters, 135 dive bombers, 104 regular bombers, and 40 torpedo planes heading to Pearl Harbor. Also on December 7, antiaircraft batteries was in and around Pearl Harbor, but they were only lightly manned. Most soldiers and sailors on duty would sleep late on a peaceful Sunday…

On the evening of December 8th 1941, millions of Americans across the nation tuned in to their radios to listen to these famous words, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). Franklin D. Roosevelt’s words spoke loud and clear to everyone who was listening as the news from the day before still settled in. Just 36 hours prior to these words, at 8am…

"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…