The Pearl

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…

Attack on Pearl Harbor, summed it up perfectly in the beginning of the article when it comes to a common American’s knowledge about Pearl Harbor. “Ask a typical American how the United States got into World War II, and he will almost certainly tell you that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Americans fought back. Ask him why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and he will probably need some time to gather his thoughts.” There is no truly moral reason as to why the Japanese attacked…

The United States had gotten some warning sings even before the Pearl Harbor attack. The first warning sing was that since the U.S. was already able to break the Japanese diplomatic code, they got news that Japan was going to attack, the only problem was that the message sent to Washington D.C. got there too late. The second warning sing was a sing before the attack, a radar picked up Japanese planes, but the people who picked up the signal thought that the plane on the radar was American B-17s…

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.…

Pearl Harbor, a terrible time in history where the japanese empire attacked the U.S naval base in hawaii. imagine sitting at home on December 7 1941 and all of a sudden see hundreds of loud birds fill the sky but wait there aren't birds but hundreds of japanese planes coming down, dropping bombs and blowing up ships, this is the day of infamy,this is horrible, this is……… The day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. My group read the book about Pearl Harbor called I Survived Pearl Harbor by Lauren…

Pearl Harbor and 9/11 have been compared together since the 9/11 attacks. This thesis analyzes the two from the viewpoints of the politicians, the media, and finally the effects on culture. Sources were gathered from newspapers, books, journal articles, government resources, and internet web sites. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 are similar on the surface, but upon looking into further circumstances, dissimilarities are found between the two events. With sixty years between the two events the outcome and…

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a complete surprise. Even after prior sightings of strange movement in the fleet, military personnel failed to conclude that a surprise attack might occur. By 8:00 am, Battleships were destroyed and heavy smoke filled the air. The Japanese attacked twice, the first was for aircraft and the second wave attack was for battleships and ship facilities. At 8:10 am, 1,800-pound bomb smashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona, causing the battleship USS…

decades already. Some of the issues that had been brewing with us and them was economical problems. For the Japanese they thought that the only way to solve problems with someone else was to take over the market from everyone else, “…to the Japanese Pearl Harbor was an irresistable target.” (Editors) During this time the Japanse declared war on China, and the United States was worried due to the of the access of goods they provided, especially oil. In these months we were going back and forth…

On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the world had experienced a catastrophic event that had changed the course of history. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor happened in the midst of December where it was presumably a calm and quiet morning when suddenly, Japanese planes soared over the island, reigning bombs among the American military. The plan coordinated by Commander Minoru Genda, Rear Admiral Takejiro Onishi and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had consisted of delivering a surprise attack and dealing…

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…