The Negative Impact Of America's Attack On Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese just before 8am. The attack lasted a total of two hours. A total of 2467 lives were lost and a little over 1200 were wounded during this terrible surprise attack. The attack at Pearl Harbor had destroyed Americas sense of security because it helped expose some of our defensive weaknesses that we thought we never had. The attack brought our country together like never before because all of the Americans realized how much people it took to fight this battle.The Japanese had launched their airplans in two waves. The first one had happened at 755am and the second round came around 8:40am. Most of the Americans thought that after the first round of bombs that is was over but then realized
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servicemen were either still in their pajamas or eating breakfeast in the mess halls when the attack suddently began. U.S. servicemen identified the invating planes as Japanese began of the "Meatballs" as what they called big airplanes. The Japanese hoped to destroy U.S. planes on the ground in order to minimize and counter-attack against them over Pearl Harbor or against the Japanese attack forse. The Japanese struck the airfields at Hickman Fields, Wheeler Field, Bellows Field, Ewa Field, Schoefield Barracks, and Kaneone Naval Airstations. Many of the U.S. airplanes were lined up outside along the airstrips, wingtip to wingtip, in order to avoid sabotage. Unfortunately, that made them easy targets for the Japanese to attack us. Since there were so many planes in the air, all individual U.S. servicemen tried to shoot down the Japanese planes from the ground. It made it harder for them to shoot because the Americans lost half of their armor during the first wave of bombs for Japan. So, when the second round came the Americans barley had any armor left for them to try and take down the
servicemen were either still in their pajamas or eating breakfeast in the mess halls when the attack suddently began. U.S. servicemen identified the invating planes as Japanese began of the "Meatballs" as what they called big airplanes. The Japanese hoped to destroy U.S. planes on the ground in order to minimize and counter-attack against them over Pearl Harbor or against the Japanese attack forse. The Japanese struck the airfields at Hickman Fields, Wheeler Field, Bellows Field, Ewa Field, Schoefield Barracks, and Kaneone Naval Airstations. Many of the U.S. airplanes were lined up outside along the airstrips, wingtip to wingtip, in order to avoid sabotage. Unfortunately, that made them easy targets for the Japanese to attack us. Since there were so many planes in the air, all individual U.S. servicemen tried to shoot down the Japanese planes from the ground. It made it harder for them to shoot because the Americans lost half of their armor during the first wave of bombs for Japan. So, when the second round came the Americans barley had any armor left for them to try and take down the