Events Leading Up To The Attack On Pearl Harbor
Bo Scott
Decker/Snyder
WWII Research Paper
21 March 2016
Pearl Harbor The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of, if not the, most carefully planned attack on a nation at peace. This attack was the final straw for the United States. There were many countries that desperately wanted and/or needed the U.S. to enter World War II. Even so, the U.S. tried their hardest to remain neutral and avoid foreign affairs. However, an attack on a peaceful nation’s home front is just too much to overlook.
Events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor actually began around a century before the actual attack. In 1853, the American Commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Tokyo Bay in Japan with two steam frigates and two more sailing vessels and demanded …show more content…
They also attacked other American territories such as the Philippine Islands, Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Guam. However, Pearl Harbor is the one that stuck on everyone’s mind. In their attack on Pearl Harbor, there were two waves of planes. The first wave focused strictly on battleships. In the second wave, they bombed the destroyers and the unprotected and completely unprepared airfields killing 2,390 men, wounding 1,178 more, sinking or beaching twenty-one ships, and destroying/severely damaging 323 planes. The only ships not at danger during the attack of Pearl Harbor were the carriers for they were out delivering fighter planes to Wake and …show more content…
Communication means during the 40’s were nothing like today. It took up to 24 hours before Roosevelt had all of the information about the attack. When Roosevelt finally gathered all of the information he could about what had taken place it was time to address the nation. According to Roosevelt, the U.S. and Japan were on peaceful terms at the time of the attack, and were discussing ways to maintain that peace. There are accusations that state Roosevelt could have and should have known about the attack in plenty of time to prevent it.
Throughout this paper information from a number of different sites and sources have been pulled together into one, solid source. All the way from a century prior to the attack, up to the nation’s address from the president, I hope to have turned your questions into answers. There are many things that we do not know, and no one will ever know, about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, there are many things we know of or have questions about, that happened during the attack, and I hope to have answered them or cleared up anything that confuses you. Thank you for reading, I hope you
Decker/Snyder
WWII Research Paper
21 March 2016
Pearl Harbor The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of, if not the, most carefully planned attack on a nation at peace. This attack was the final straw for the United States. There were many countries that desperately wanted and/or needed the U.S. to enter World War II. Even so, the U.S. tried their hardest to remain neutral and avoid foreign affairs. However, an attack on a peaceful nation’s home front is just too much to overlook.
Events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor actually began around a century before the actual attack. In 1853, the American Commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Tokyo Bay in Japan with two steam frigates and two more sailing vessels and demanded …show more content…
They also attacked other American territories such as the Philippine Islands, Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Guam. However, Pearl Harbor is the one that stuck on everyone’s mind. In their attack on Pearl Harbor, there were two waves of planes. The first wave focused strictly on battleships. In the second wave, they bombed the destroyers and the unprotected and completely unprepared airfields killing 2,390 men, wounding 1,178 more, sinking or beaching twenty-one ships, and destroying/severely damaging 323 planes. The only ships not at danger during the attack of Pearl Harbor were the carriers for they were out delivering fighter planes to Wake and …show more content…
Communication means during the 40’s were nothing like today. It took up to 24 hours before Roosevelt had all of the information about the attack. When Roosevelt finally gathered all of the information he could about what had taken place it was time to address the nation. According to Roosevelt, the U.S. and Japan were on peaceful terms at the time of the attack, and were discussing ways to maintain that peace. There are accusations that state Roosevelt could have and should have known about the attack in plenty of time to prevent it.
Throughout this paper information from a number of different sites and sources have been pulled together into one, solid source. All the way from a century prior to the attack, up to the nation’s address from the president, I hope to have turned your questions into answers. There are many things that we do not know, and no one will ever know, about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, there are many things we know of or have questions about, that happened during the attack, and I hope to have answered them or cleared up anything that confuses you. Thank you for reading, I hope you