How Did The Attack On Pearl Harbor Change The History Of The United States?

Wars are things that change the history of a country. Like the attack on Pearl Harbor or the Battle of Britain. The attack on pearl harbor changed the history of the united states because the united states were not involved in war until the japanese attacked attack us navy vessels and more. The battle of Britain change the history of europe because if Germany would of won European countries could of been different in many ways.

On the 18th of june 1940 Winston Churchill gave a speech telling the british people that “the battle of france is over. The battle of Britain is about to begin”. About 4 days later France surrendered to Germany and the only one standing was Britain. Germanys objective was to have air superiority over the Royal Air Force. Hitler turned to Britain and wanted to launch an attack. Hitler wanted to catch Britain by surprise at night by bombing them. Hermann goering was the commander of the luftwaffe and was in charge of the
on December 7, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan; Congress approved his declaration.Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States. Already two years into conflict America finally joins World War 2.On November 26, 1941. The Japanese attack force, led by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo began a 3,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean. Trying to Sneak six aircraft carriers, two battleships, two heavy cruisers, three submarines and more across the pacific ocean. If the attack on Pearl Harbor turned out differently then we might even have navy bases here in the west coast. Over 2,400 americans were killed and 1,178 were injured. About 4 battleships were lost and 3 damaged and over 200 aircrafts were damaged and destroyed. Only 64 japanese were killed, 4 submarines were sunk and 29 aircrafts were