Preview

Peral Harbor

Powerful Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1515 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Peral Harbor
Overview of
The Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

Related Resources:
Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941
Action Report for Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, including other commands, and ships at Pearl Harbor
Additional Action Reports concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Where were the Carriers on 7 December 1941?
Oral Histories of Pearl Harbor Attack
Survivor Reports-Pearl
Harbor
U.S. Ships named for Sailors to Commemorate their Actions during the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy in Hawaii, 1826-1945: An Administrative History
Pearl Harbor Navy Medical Activities, 1941
Pearl Harbor Submarine Base History, 1918-1945
Cryptologic History relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Photographs relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack
Related Web Sites on the Pearl Harbor Attack
Mess Attendent Second Class Doris (Dorie) Miller, USN
U.S. Marines at Pearl Harbor
Statement Regarding Winds Message by Captain L.F. Safford
Teacher Lesson Plans
Base Construction at Pearl Harbor and the Outlying Islands
Disaster in the Pacific December 1941 [Chapter 26 of The War At Sea 1939-1945, by Captain S.W. Roskill, Royal Navy]
The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China. In 1940, the Japanese government allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina.

The United States, which had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves. The U.S. increased military and financial aid to China, embarked on a program of strengthening its military power in the Pacific, and cut off the shipment of oil and other raw materials to Japan.

Because Japan was poor in natural resources, its government

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Analysis On USS Arizona

    • 103 Words
    • 1 Page

    This article reflects on the USS Arizona during the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, the 7 of December, 1941. The USS Arizona was bombed and torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese army. The battleship eventually was bombed to the point where it exploded most of the ship. USS Arizona sank, taking the life of 1,177 officers and crewmen. What makes the USS Arizona different from the other ships that sunk or were damaged, USS Arizona was damaged beyond repair. Unable to repair the ship, the Navy removed parts for reuse. To this day, USS Arizona lies at the ocean floor of Pearl…

    • 103 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    This story all starts when hundreds of Japanese fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedo-bombers show up and start wreaking havoc on not only the Pearl Harbor, but also Pearl City. Pilot William Crowe and his brother Charlie Crowe are completely taken by surprise. Charlie himself is on the battleship USS Arizona. William Crowe is down on the airfield. As soon as the attack starts, Charlie mans the 20mm Oerlikon cannon on the Arizona, while Will gets into one of the P-40 Warhawks. “ Come on Crowe, get up there and take care of those Japs, god darn it, Air Command yells. An hour after Crowe gets in the air, the Arizona gets hit by a Val dive-bomber’s ordnance. “Bomb!,” one of the crew members screams. A minute later, a huge explosion rocks the USS Arizona. Charlie is one of the many crew members that didn’t make it. “ I’m sorry, Crowe,” says Air Command. “ The Arizona has been hit, and your brother was on board.”…

    • 431 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked in one of the worst attacks in American History. The attack on Pearl Harbor cost the United States 2,500 lives, wounded 1,000 people, heavily damaged or destroyed 18 ships, and destroyed or put out of action close to 300 airplanes (History). The USS Arizona was hit the hardest and lost the most. Almost nine minutes after being hit four times by Japanese bombers, the USS Arizona sank taking 1,177 crew members with her (History). This is the story of the surviving crew members on the "date which will live in infamy," as President Roosevelt described it.…

    • 1685 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Japan moved quickly to occupy the French-Indochina areas that Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, in their plan to control all of Asia. America retaliates by cutting off all trade with Japan. With Japan in desperate need of resources turned their focus to the Dutch West Indies, but with extensive presence of the Far East it severely limited Japans ability to expand into other area so now Japan knows the United States must be forcibly removed from…

    • 1546 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    1800s Dbq Analysis

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Similar to Great Britain, Japan was in desperate need of resources that they lacked because of their geography. Trade was and still is a huge part of Japan's economy. "Trade was necessary to the functioning of the Japanese economy. When Japan entered the first stage of its modernization in the nineteenth century, it had become dependent on other parts of the world for markets and raw materials... Iron for the steel industry was of particular concern as Japan was almost wholly dependent upon imports... The nearest major sources of iron were in Manchuria and northern China." (William Beasley, Doc. 8) Japan became an imperialist nation because of its lack of natural resources and because China was so close and prosperous they first traded with China and eventually invaded China in hopes to take control of it. In Doc. 9, the map shows the Japanese expansion from 1930 to 1939. During those nine years Japan invaded all of Korea, and a good part of China including one of China's big cities, Manchuria. "The protection of the nation's line of sovereignty and the defense of our line of advantage are essential if we wish to maintain our independence and security.... [W]e must reach as far as possible within the limits of our resources to achieve control of that position. As a result, it is essential that we begin to make significantly larger appropriations for our navy and our armed…

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Pearl Harbor took place on December 7th, 1941. Japan had surprised the United States when they attacked one of our military bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They had attacked the US without warning. The Japanese had destroyed 21 American ships and almost 350 aircraft. They had attacked Pearl Harbor around 7:55 on a Sunday. The Japanese Commander yelled out “tora, tora, tora!” (“tiger, tiger, tiger!”) Which means they caught the Americans by surprise.…

    • 553 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Japan took the first step towards its goal of Imperialistic expansion by signing the Treaty of Shimonoseki;1 whereby Japan claimed Taiwan and the Liaotung Peninsula in southern Manchuria . In the 1930 Japanese military leaders…

    • 2204 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Bibliography: Raymer, Edward C., Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver 's Memoir. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1996.…

    • 1283 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Little did they know, those sailors would witness one of the most horrific days in human history. Those sailors also didn’t know that their government was betraying them, allowing them to die by the hands of the Japanese. The catastrophic bombing of Pearl Harbor saw thirteen ships damaged and two destroyed, as well as 159 planes damaged and 169 destroyed. Also, the surprise massacre by the Empire of Japan forced over 2,000 men to…

    • 1401 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    On December 7, 1941, America entered the Second World War, when Japan attacked US ships at Pearl Harbor. Even though the Nazis were defeated in May of 1945, the Japanese were relentless in their imperialistic pursuit to show their power. There was already a power struggle between the Japanese, Chinese, and Russia. But in 1941, they even challenged America, which brought the US into the war. The struggle for Guadalcanal, in August of 1942, initiated by the US marines and lasting for several months, US forces realized the ruthlessness of the Japanese troops, with their banzai and suicidal bayonet attacks at night.…

    • 598 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    War Without Mercy Summary

    • 1817 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Initially the United States had been reluctant to enter World War II when it begun, but the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 the catalyst that spurred the nation to enter the war. The main target the US declared war on was not the Nazis of Germany, but rather Imperial Japan. The forces of Imperial Japan would ultimately become the principle enemy in the Pacific War. The Pacific Theater would span until 1945, the United States was motivated to ensure retribution for the lives lost in Pearl Harbor and at the same time to assist its allies against the axis forces. In the final year of World War 2, it appeared that the United States however was willing to end the conflict with the Japanese as quickly as possible. The United States brought…

    • 1817 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Japan in Ww2

    • 585 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Japan took over northern French Indochina. This sparked something in our government, as we then started to refuse exports to Japan, and denied Japanese immigrants. Then, Japan signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, which protected them from an attack from that side if Britain or the U.S. were to declare war. At the same time, Japan continued to gain land in southeast Asia. Japan was restless and hungry for more power and control. In June, the US, Netherlands, and France all froze shipments of oil to Japan's region. They figured that this would cripple Japan's army and leave its navy and air force rendered useless.…

    • 585 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The essay titled “Japan’s Decision to ‘Go South,’” by Sumio Hatano and Sadao Asada outlined the events that ended with Japan and the U.S. in war. They described that “to prepare for hostilities with the Anglo-American powers, Japan would have to march into Indochina to obtain raw materials; the United States would counter by imposing an economic embargo; this in turn would compel Japan to seize the Dutch East Indies to secure essential oil, a step that would lead to hostilities with the United States” (135-136). So, Japan felt threatened by countries like the U.S. and Great Britain for several reasons, the first being that Great Britain was at war with Germany, an ally of Japan, and the U.S. was as involved in the war in Europe as it could possibly be, without having actually declared war on Germany, by providing aid to Great Britain (7). Additionally, the U.S. provided aid to China in order to prevent the Japanese Empire from further taking over China. Because Japan felt this threat from the Anglo-American powers, they found it necessary to march into Indochina to procure the materials they needed to…

    • 1748 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    World War II was full of massive battles that led every country involved to almost total destruction. Few moments stand out in American history more than Pearl Harbor. It was, and still is today, one of the most well-known events of World War II, and continues to ignite a strong nationalistic pride for the U.S.’s strong defensive comeback after Pearl Harbor. Though Pearl Harbor is renowned as a military feat, it can be argued that Japan’s victory actually was a counterproductive, strategic disgrace. Carefully examining the preparation and execution of the attack on Pearl Harbor reveals the many flaws within Japan’s military operation.…

    • 1903 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The commencement of World War II in 1939 was largely the result of a decades-long Japanese pursuit for dominance in China and the Pacific. The United States officially entered the war on 8 December 1941, the day after the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise attack against the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii crippling the U.S Pacific Fleet. Ironically, an attack intended to prevent the United States and their superior Navy, from interfering with Japan’s military objectives in the…

    • 2411 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays

Related Topics