Causes And Effects Of Pearl Harbor

Do you know why World War 2 occurred? This is how it all began… Pearl Harbor was the devastating attack on December 7th, 1941. This battle was the importance of the Americans in World War 2.The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and Operation Z during planning, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. To start off, the Japanese had planned their attack for months, but soon enough on 8 a.m. on December 7th, 1941, Japanese planes filled the sky while bombs were falling out of the sky in the blink of an eye. At 8:10 there was a 1,800 pound bomb that crashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona. There was one spy that was sent to Pearl Harbor to know how many ships there was and how many people were on them. Nobody knew that this attack was going to occur on American territory. It would be hard to fight this battle because Japan and Hawaii were about 4,000 miles away from each other.
The Japanese were able to destroy many things including, about 20 naval vessels, 8 huge battleships, and over 300 airplanes. There was exactly 2,403 American soldiers that were killed and 1,178 that were wounded. “The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.”