Nagumo's Attack On Pearl Harbor
Among several attacks on the United States, Pearl Harbor is one of the worst. Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu near Honolulu. The attack on the United States was led by Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Also, Mitsuo Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire attack. The start of the attack took place on December 7th, 1941.
Things that were before Pearl Harbor was that Franklin Roosevelt was the president of the United States. The Japanese have been secretly been planning on attacking the U.S. for many years because of complications. Ever since 1931, the U.S. had been pressuring Japan to withdraw the army it had sent to conquer Manchuria and, eventually, all of China. When diplomacy didn’t work, Roosevelt reduced, …show more content…
The reason that Japan attacked on a Sunday is that the U.S. would not expect it. They traveled 3,400 miles across the ocean to attack Pearl Harbor. One of the leaders of this attack was Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and he planned the coordinates of the bombs. When they attacked they were focused on the U.S. eight battleships. They got their goal of catching the whole U.S. off guard because of the secret attack. In total, the entire Japanese fleet consisted of 353 planes.
Nagumo's force arrived 275 miles northwest of Oahu, and at 6:00 A.M. It launched the first attack wave, consisting of 49 bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 51 dive‐bombers, and 43 fighter aircraft. When they arrived at the Harbor, they dropped a torpedo on the U.S.S. Arizona and blew it up killing over 1,100 people on board. They also did the same thing to Oklahoma and it completely turned upside down and sunk under the water. During the attack, two Americans got to be airborne and fought the Japanese in the air and they destroyed 7 fighter jets while under …show more content…
While Japanese fighters strafed the Army Air Corps' planes at Hickman Field, the torpedo planes and dive‐bombers attacked the navy ships. Along Battleship Row, Arizona, California, and West Virginia were sunk. Yamamoto's plan called for a third wave to destroy the repair facilities as well as the storage tanks containing 4.5 million gallons of fuel oil. Despite losing only twenty‐nine planes, Nagumo feared a counterattack and turned for home.
After the attack, a total of 3,700 Americans lost their lives including 68 civilians. There were 17 ships that were lost and or damaged in the attack. The attack lasted for almost two hours starting at 7:55 and ending at around 9:45. America lost nearly 170 aircraft and destroyed 160 planes. The Japanese lost 29 aircraft and 5 subs and 130 service personnel. The U.S. declared war on Japan the day after with FDR “Day in Infamy” speech. Then on December 11th, the U.S. declared on Germany and Italy after they declared on the
Things that were before Pearl Harbor was that Franklin Roosevelt was the president of the United States. The Japanese have been secretly been planning on attacking the U.S. for many years because of complications. Ever since 1931, the U.S. had been pressuring Japan to withdraw the army it had sent to conquer Manchuria and, eventually, all of China. When diplomacy didn’t work, Roosevelt reduced, …show more content…
The reason that Japan attacked on a Sunday is that the U.S. would not expect it. They traveled 3,400 miles across the ocean to attack Pearl Harbor. One of the leaders of this attack was Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and he planned the coordinates of the bombs. When they attacked they were focused on the U.S. eight battleships. They got their goal of catching the whole U.S. off guard because of the secret attack. In total, the entire Japanese fleet consisted of 353 planes.
Nagumo's force arrived 275 miles northwest of Oahu, and at 6:00 A.M. It launched the first attack wave, consisting of 49 bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 51 dive‐bombers, and 43 fighter aircraft. When they arrived at the Harbor, they dropped a torpedo on the U.S.S. Arizona and blew it up killing over 1,100 people on board. They also did the same thing to Oklahoma and it completely turned upside down and sunk under the water. During the attack, two Americans got to be airborne and fought the Japanese in the air and they destroyed 7 fighter jets while under …show more content…
While Japanese fighters strafed the Army Air Corps' planes at Hickman Field, the torpedo planes and dive‐bombers attacked the navy ships. Along Battleship Row, Arizona, California, and West Virginia were sunk. Yamamoto's plan called for a third wave to destroy the repair facilities as well as the storage tanks containing 4.5 million gallons of fuel oil. Despite losing only twenty‐nine planes, Nagumo feared a counterattack and turned for home.
After the attack, a total of 3,700 Americans lost their lives including 68 civilians. There were 17 ships that were lost and or damaged in the attack. The attack lasted for almost two hours starting at 7:55 and ending at around 9:45. America lost nearly 170 aircraft and destroyed 160 planes. The Japanese lost 29 aircraft and 5 subs and 130 service personnel. The U.S. declared war on Japan the day after with FDR “Day in Infamy” speech. Then on December 11th, the U.S. declared on Germany and Italy after they declared on the