this and came up with the conclusion that the Dutch East Indies would be the best place to gain resources. But they knew that an attack on the Dutch East Indies would probably bring the US into the war. So they had to find a way to prevent the US from fighting with them until they conquered the Dutch East Indies. That’s when they planned Pearl Harbor. The goal of Pearl Harbor was to disable the American fleet for a few months to give them enough time to conquer the Dutch East Indies and to absorb its
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Pacific Fleet in its port at Pearl Harbor‚ which is located in Hawaii. This was the day that 2‚335 military personnel were killed‚ including 2‚008 navy personnel‚ 109 marines‚ and 218 army soldiers. Added to this were 68 civilians‚ making it a total of 2‚403 losing their lives on that faithful day. Some 1‚200 were injured in the attack. "The Japanese had rehearsed the attack for a year practicing on a model mock up until they achieved an 80% hit rate." -"Pearl harbor" WebMD‚ 6 Oct. 2016‚ www.history
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known as a “Day of Infamy”‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese empire launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a U.S Navy base located on the island of O’ahu in Hawaii. Although America was neutral in the war‚ they were still manufacturing and supplying Great Britain to aid them during the war. In addition‚ America attempted to stop Japan from their military conquests in Asia and the Pacific. Pearl Harbor was the trigger factor that ended all debate of the question that America should
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Jolene Ortiz May 10‚ 2014 Sociology 1010 LD05 Pearl Harbor Attack For tens of thousands of Japanese Americans particularly those living on the West Coast‚ life was about to change dramatically. At 7:55 AM on Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese warplanes‚ launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea‚ attacked the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. America was attacked by the Japanese during Pearl Harbor. This killed more than 2‚300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona
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Attack on Pearl Harbor attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ on the morning of December 7‚ 1941. The sneak attack sparked outrage in the American populace‚ news media‚ government and the world. On December 8‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American Congress‚ and the nation‚ to detail the attack. The attack took place before any formal declaration of war was made by
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Wake up‚ get dressed‚ and prepare your ship. That was a normal day for a soldier who was stationed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. But on the warm morning of December 7th‚ 1941‚ everything those soldiers knew would drastically be thrown aboard. For 25 year old Johnnie and Dale Gano‚ this was a normal day. They recall laying in bed at 8:00 that morning and debating whether or not to go to church in Honolulu that morning. (Gano‚ Johnnie and Dale) They remember hearing what sounded like their
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A work of complete and total devastation occurred on December 7th‚ 1941 when the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the military base‚ Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. The raid on Pearl Harbor (and on other U.S. occupied areas) disabled the United States navy for several months and wiped out parts of the U.S. Air Force. It also gave the Japanese several distinct advantages in World War II over the U.S. and the Allied Powers. This well-planned‚ surprise assault damaged the U.S. military‚ had several
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"Day of Infamy" On December 7 of 1941‚ Japanese airplanes attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbor with a horrendous attack. With this‚ the 32nd president of the United States‚ president Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ gave his famous speech. Shortly after this‚ the British and United States declared war on Japan. Not so long after‚ Germany declares war on the United States. The attack of Pearl Harbor is to be said as the starting mark of America into the war of World War II. Now technically
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“On Sunday morning‚ 7 December 1941‚ with a devastating surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor by Vice Adrmiral Chuichi Nagumo’s carrier-based planes‚ Japan began her war against the United States.”1 On that Sunday the peaceful paradise of Hawaii was shattered. A surprise Japanese attack on the Island of Oahu and the fleet at Pearl Harbor was caused for one of the most devastating defeats in American military history. On this day a Japanese fleet of six aircraft carriers sat two
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On December 7‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked by hundreds of Japanese fighter jets. United States had been aware of a possible attack since the 1920s‚ though tensions did not begin to grow seriously until Japan’s 1931 invasion of Manchuria. Although the original plan was that the attack wouldn’t begin until thirty minutes after Japan had informed the United States those peace negotiations was at an end. They attacked with no formal declaration of war. The attack was conducted by Commanders Mitsuo
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