Was The Battle Of Pearl Harbor Justified?
The bombardment of Pearl Harbor is seen as significant not solely because of its level of catastrophe, but also considering the fact that it caused Americans to join together in a war effort. Before, Pearl Harbor, the country was divided due to the fact that not all Americans wanted to be a part of World War II; however, after Pearl Harbor, the decision to go to war became unanimous. Pearl Harbor motivated Americans to fight for what they believed in, even after World War I debilitated them of most of their supplies. The tenderness Americans felt can be best explained by the words of fleet Chaplain William A. Macguire "Don't say we buried our dead with sorrow. They died manfully. They were buried manfully. And we will avenge their deaths, come
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Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii believe that it could have been prevented. We now see that there were many intelligence fragments that pointed to Japanese plans to conduct a raid on Pearl Harbor- there was American’s embargo on Japan which was used to cripple the Japanese economy. This alone could have been seen as a war threat. There were secret cryptic messages sent from Japanese operatives to naval intelligence which were then decrypted by American forces. “A pearl Harbor Timeline,” written by the NPR organization discusses that on the night of December 6th leading into the morning of December 7th U.S. intelligence decoded a message which pinpointed Sunday morning as a deadline for some sort of Japanese militant action. The message crossed many paths including the Washington High command; nonetheless, it did not reach the Pearl Harbor command until the 2 ½ hour attack on the U.S. naval base had already begun. At 0755, Hawaiian time, the first wave of Japanese aircrafts began the attack- ships in Pearl Harbor, the air station at Hickam, Wheeler, and Ford Island, Kaneohe, Ewa field were also attacked. The Japanese bombardment lasted for two hours and twenty minutes. When finished, more than, 2,400 Americans were dead, 1,200 wounded, Eighteen ships sunk or damaged, and more than 300 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. There was bucket load of evidence in which displayed that the Japanese military was going strike. It was ignored; however, without the attack on Pearl Harbor Europe would not have been the only continent in danger of one country’s
Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii believe that it could have been prevented. We now see that there were many intelligence fragments that pointed to Japanese plans to conduct a raid on Pearl Harbor- there was American’s embargo on Japan which was used to cripple the Japanese economy. This alone could have been seen as a war threat. There were secret cryptic messages sent from Japanese operatives to naval intelligence which were then decrypted by American forces. “A pearl Harbor Timeline,” written by the NPR organization discusses that on the night of December 6th leading into the morning of December 7th U.S. intelligence decoded a message which pinpointed Sunday morning as a deadline for some sort of Japanese militant action. The message crossed many paths including the Washington High command; nonetheless, it did not reach the Pearl Harbor command until the 2 ½ hour attack on the U.S. naval base had already begun. At 0755, Hawaiian time, the first wave of Japanese aircrafts began the attack- ships in Pearl Harbor, the air station at Hickam, Wheeler, and Ford Island, Kaneohe, Ewa field were also attacked. The Japanese bombardment lasted for two hours and twenty minutes. When finished, more than, 2,400 Americans were dead, 1,200 wounded, Eighteen ships sunk or damaged, and more than 300 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. There was bucket load of evidence in which displayed that the Japanese military was going strike. It was ignored; however, without the attack on Pearl Harbor Europe would not have been the only continent in danger of one country’s