Difference in intelligence gathering during Pearl Harbor verses 9/11 Perry B Keaton Case Study - 1 Instructor: Ryan Wentworth November 15 2015 Difference in intelligence gathering during Pearl Harbor verses 9/11-1 Intelligence plays a major part in any type of military or government organization. So in the references of 9/11 and the Pearl Harbor attacks are there any differences between the two. Many filled there are some differences in the way intelligence was gather to
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On December 7th‚1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. On this terrible day‚ over 2‚400 Americans were killed by the bombs that the Japanese dropped. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor for many different reasons. One of the reasons was that the U.S placed an embargo on Japan. The embargo blocked the Japanese from receiving materials such as steel and fuel which were essential items. Another reason is that America did not agree with Japan’s desire to expand in the Pacific. Both entities had their eyes
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What was Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was a navy base for the U.S. On December 7‚ 1941 Japanese planes and submarines made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. What was the reason behind Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet
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Oahu‚ was tracking incoming aircraft‚ and the Navy discovered a submarine close to Pearl Harbor. Furthermore‚ US was able to break a Japanese code‚ which allows them to read messages of Japanese Navy. It was a well-prepared attack by the Pearl Harbor Task Force‚ the Kido Butai‚ which allowed them to execute airstrikes before the detection. In January 1941‚ Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto proposed a attack on Pearl Harbor using aircraft carriers even though the strategy of Japanese navy was intended to be
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Pearl Harbor On a sad day pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Pearl harbor was located in Hawaii‚ december 7 1941(Arizona). The Japanese sent 33 ships and 350 planes and aircrafts. He sent the planes and aircraft north of oahu early in the morning(Pearl Harbor). The mission was to sink 8 battleships that were among 180 vessels anchored in pearl harbor. There was a ship named the Arizona and it was one of the 8 battleships. It was shot down by a 800 kilogram bomb(Arizona). This completely
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On Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan launched a sneak attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ destroying the peace of a beautiful Hawaiian morning and leaving much of the fleet broken and burning. The destruction and death that the Japanese military put upon Pearl Harbor that day was 18 naval vessels (including eight battleships) sunk or heavily damaged‚ 188 planes destroyed‚ over 2‚000 servicemen killed was exacerbated by the fact that American commanders in Hawaii were caught by surprise
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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on 9/11 share similarities and differences. 75 years ago on December 7th‚ 1941‚ a surprise attack by the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii(Rosenburg 1). 50 years later‚ on September 11th 2001‚ an attack by Al-Qaeda hit New York City(Jensen 1). These two acts were very similar in their effect on the country‚ their number of casualties and warning signs‚ but had different perpetrators and rescue efforts. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 had a very similar number of
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Early morning of December 7‚ 1941‚ approximately 350 Japanese fighter planes‚ bombers‚ and torpedo planes attacked Pearl Harbor‚ an American naval base located near Honolulu‚ Hawaii. This two-hour bombardment destroyed roughly 20 American ships and 300 airplanes. By the end‚ nearly 2‚500 American soldier and sailors died‚ while 1‚000 were left wounded. On December 8‚ 1941‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan‚ going on to saying‚ “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this
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During World War II‚ the United States of America thought they could live safely as none of the warring nations on the other continents could possibly attack the US. Americans were neutral to the war in Europe. What they didn’t anticipate was that they were the ones being targeted. The United States was going to be invited into the war with an attack from Japan at Pearl Harbor. But was the United States invited in or inviting themselves into the war? From the actions of the United States‚ they invited
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This surprise attack later involved the United States in World War 2‚ even though they tried so hard not to involve themselves in all the trouble. Now the real question is‚ why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? There are a couple reasons why Japan wanted to attack Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because they believed that the Yamato race was the superior one and their ruling needed to expand across the world‚ America stopped trading oil with Japan and the U.S. imposed many embargoes that
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