Pearl Harbor Case Study
Sea Battles:
Atlantic-
Technological Developments: the Allies used radar, and were able to detect a U-boat periscope from one mile away
Strategies:
Aggressor: Germany Defender: Allies
Tactics:
Allies: began a naval blockade of Germany
Britain received 50 destroyers from the United States in exchange for access to bases
Canada increased their escort missions, and RAF Coastal Command was able to increase its air cover the Allies captured U-110 in March 1941, and was able to track the movement of German U-boats
Germany:
used warships and U-boats to attack Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies wanted to control the Atlantic shipping lanes made forays into shipping lanes to capture and destroy Allied convoys... had …show more content…
entered into negotiations for expansion in early 1941 the Japanese Navy developed plans for an attack on the United States goal was to disable the U.S. fleet, also invaded Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands launched the attack with no warning given at the target positioned 275 miles north of Hawaii first wave included 51 dive bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, and 43 escorting fighters first wave lasted 25 minutes, second wave began at 8:45 AM second wave was less successful, suffered more casualties
United States: the Americans assumed it was a flight of B-17 bombers arriving from the mainland sailors on the battle stations operated whichever guns they could reach only 38 U.S. aircraft were able to get airborne, and 10 were shot down
Leaders:
Japan:
Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral
Mitsuo Fuchida, flight
Atlantic-
Technological Developments: the Allies used radar, and were able to detect a U-boat periscope from one mile away
Strategies:
Aggressor: Germany Defender: Allies
Tactics:
Allies: began a naval blockade of Germany
Britain received 50 destroyers from the United States in exchange for access to bases
Canada increased their escort missions, and RAF Coastal Command was able to increase its air cover the Allies captured U-110 in March 1941, and was able to track the movement of German U-boats
Germany:
used warships and U-boats to attack Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies wanted to control the Atlantic shipping lanes made forays into shipping lanes to capture and destroy Allied convoys... had …show more content…
entered into negotiations for expansion in early 1941 the Japanese Navy developed plans for an attack on the United States goal was to disable the U.S. fleet, also invaded Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands launched the attack with no warning given at the target positioned 275 miles north of Hawaii first wave included 51 dive bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, and 43 escorting fighters first wave lasted 25 minutes, second wave began at 8:45 AM second wave was less successful, suffered more casualties
United States: the Americans assumed it was a flight of B-17 bombers arriving from the mainland sailors on the battle stations operated whichever guns they could reach only 38 U.S. aircraft were able to get airborne, and 10 were shot down
Leaders:
Japan:
Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral
Mitsuo Fuchida, flight