December 7th, 1941

Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike attack on the United States by the Japanese that was meant to prevent the U.S Pacific Fleet from interfering with military action of Japan.

A series of two “waves” by the military lasting two hours long

December 7th 1941

December 8th in Japan

The air attack began at 7:48 a.m Hawaiian time

Second attack- 8:55 a.m

Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

In September 1940 the U.S placed an embargo on Japan

They couldn’t export steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japa

Two days after Japan signed a neutrality treaty with the Soviet Union the U.S, Britain, and the Netherlands froze all Japanese assets

Prevented them from buying oil

Attack by the Japanese on the U.S

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, and Admiral Nagumo

commander of the Japanese fleet initiated the planning of the attack on the U.S

Pearl Harbor was under the command of Admiral

Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. General Walter C. Short

In early 1941 Admiral Yamamoto started preparingplans for the conquest of the resources from South Asia

Pearl Harbor was a vital attack for Yamamoto’s plan

The military plan had three phases

Attack on Pearl harbor Extend the perimeter of Japan’s sphere of Influence Then move onto Northern Solomons. New Guinea, Java, Sumatra,

Malaya, Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, and Boreno

Four U.S Navy Battleships were sunk

Sank and damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer

188 U.S aircraft were destroyed

2,402 men killed

1,282 men wounded

Japanese lost 29 aircraft and five submarines

65 men killed or wounded

One Japanese sailor was captured

Led the U.S directly into World War II

Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S December 11th

We quickly recovered and formed our military again and had a victory at the Battle of Midway

Four years later the U.S destroyed the Japanese Empire

Better radar equipment has been made for scouting to prevent this from happening

Unified the divided American population like never before

Many American Lives were lost

Today Pearl Harbor is Port and Naval Station

The USS Arizona was one of the main ships that sank that day so now there is a concrete hull placed their to symbolize the loss of the ship as a memorial

Dedicated on May 30th, 1962

Japanese citizens were just as surprised as Americans

Referred to “A date that will live in infamy”

The day of the attack Britain declared war on Japan

President at the time was Franklin D. Rooselvelt

Pearl Harbor wasn’t in a state of high alert when the

attack started, the anti-aircraft guns were left

unmanned

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