December 7th, 1941, was the opening of World War 2, in the Pacific arena. In 1931, Japan invaded China’s northern parts and then in 1937, Japan announced a full invasion of China. The United States couldn’t just stand by and let Japan take over Asia’s parts, so they moved their fleets to Pearl Harbor. The strongest ships were the battleships, which were named after the states of the union. U.S. Arizona was made in 1915 and then was Rebuilt and updated in 1930. The ship was surrounded with over 8,000 tons of armor plating and had 14″ guns that could shoot bullets over 20 miles. Since President Theodore Roosevelt didn’t like that idea of just standing around and letting Japan take over Asia, he ordered that the U.S. stop all shipments and deliveries of American oil to Japan. American oil was very important to Japan and so they were upset and had to take charge. The U.S. knew that a surprise attack in Pearl Harbor could happen and they thought they were ready for it. U.S. Commanding officer Hudman E. Kimmel sent out his fleets to exercise and prepare just in case the Japanese decided to plan an attack. On November 26th, 1941, Japan sent 6 aircraft carriers to Hawaii.
The U.S. had up to date radar’s, and anti- cap guns that could help protect Oahu.Wheeler Airforce base watched the skies and if signaled by Wheeler, Hickam Airforce base could attack the Japanese Fleets before they were even ready for the attack. The night before the attack, December 6th, 1941, the band on Arizona was holding a band concert on board and no one thought that that would be they’re last day of peace. At 6 a.m., 220 miles north of Oahu, the still undetected aircraft carriers of Japan sent their planes to Pearl Harbor. First they sent off the Fighters, then the Attack Planes (that had special bombs to hit and sink battleships, or Torpedo’s that were made to run in the shallow water of Pearl Harbor), and last were the Dive Bombers. There were 183 Japanese planes sent out in all. 30 minutes later another 167 planes left the carriers. Around the same time, the destroyer word sighted and sunk and 2 man midget submarine. Right after that the radar installation team sighted a huge flight of planes coming into the harbor. They notified the operators and Fort Shafter but the operator told them that it was probably just the B-17’s that were due in from California that morning, and told them not to worry about it.
The Essay on Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
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 ...
The radar installation team was the first to detect the Japanese strike force. At 7:48 a.m., Kaneohe Bay was bombed and right after Fort Shafter’s planes and hangers were destroyed. On the northern side of Ford Island, the cruiser ship Roly and the trainer ship Utah were hit. The Utah rolled over too quickly and anyone inside couldn’t get out. 58 men went down with Utah. More torpedo planes came in through the south entrance of Pearl Harbor and attacked Oklahoma, California and West Virginia. West Virginia settled in the shallow waters. California almost cap-sized but then quickly counter flooded and she also sank up right. Oklahoma rolled over so quickly, 115 men were trapped inside. A few minutes after 8 a.m., Arizona was bombed. The bomb went through the deck and collided with the forward ammunition magazine that caused ton’s of ammunition to explode. In the explosion, 1,177 men died without even knowing what hit them. Around 8:50 a.m., the second wave of Japanese crafts pulled into the Harbor. The second wave hit Hickam and Wheeler Army Base again. The smoke from all the explosions gave some cover from the Japanese planes but they soon spotted Nevada, already damaged and barely running, trying to make it to sea.
The torpedo planes charged Nevada bombing her decks. The Captain soon pulled The Nevada to rest in the shallow waters of Hospital Point to avoid blocking the channel. At 10:00 a.m., the Japanese planes left. Japan had caused the United States Navy the biggest disaster they had ever experienced. 21 Vessels, including all 8 battleships were either sunk or damaged. There were over 170 Navy and Army Planes destroyed. There were over 2,500 hundred and over 1200 wounded The U.S. shot down 5 out of 29 Torpedo Planes and 11 Fighting Planes. There were only 29 Japanese planes shot down, and 55 Japanese airmen dead. They sunk 9 out of 10 of the two man midget submarines and killed all of the pilots except for one that was taken as the first prisoner of war. The Japanese surprise Pearl Harbor attack helped unite the U.S. With that and a plethora of rebuilding of ships, planes and regain in ammunition, the United States helped Asia and the Pacific Seas retrieve the land that was taken from them from Japan. During the ambush, the U.S. sank 4 Japanese Terriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor. In the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack, there were three major mistakes that the Japanese had made.
The Term Paper on Pearl Harbor 7
The bombing of pearl harbor could have been avoided and many lives could have been saved if the united states didn't have over confidence in themselves, if the Americans would have kept better tract of Japanese intelligence, and if Roosevelt would of warned pearl harbor of his knowledge of it going to be attacked. Many things led up to the bombing of pearl harbor. The things that led up to the ...
The first mistake that they had made was not taking out the fuel farm that was located next to Hickam and Fort Island. If they would have taken out those tanks, 1/3 of Oahu would have been blown off and it would have set the war back a couple of years. The second thing that the Japanese did wrong was that they didn’t hit the Submarines. There wasn’t a single scratch on the submarines and so the U.S. later took down many of the Japanese ships. The third thing that the Japanese did wrong was that they didn’t attack and destroy the shipyard, which would have prevented the U.S. from rebuilding their ships. The strategy of the Japanese was to hit and sink the aircraft carriers, but once they noticed the carriers weren’t there, they had to attack everything else that was there. The architectural plan for the U.S. Memorial was by an architect named Price. The built the Memorial to form the shape of a bridge. A bridge represents highs and lows, ups and downs-victory and defeat. The Low point of the Memorial represents the defeat but the two high points on each side represent the victory. The side odd shaped windows represent the giving tree and the windows in the middle section represent 21 men standing at parade rest. When on this trip, I took a tape recorder with me to help me remember what should never be forgotten. The fact that these men died for the sake of our freedom is something should never be forgotten. I’ve been to the U.S. Memorial before but I never learned as much as I had this time around. I enjoyed this project and learned how much of an impact the Japanese surprise attack in Pearl Harbor means to the United States of America.
The Essay on Bombs on Japanese
A number of analyses have been conducted on the bombing action that was carried out in the month of August the year nineteen forty five by the US on Japanese cities. This bombing was very significant since it resulted to a very large number of deaths and further effects which are still evident in some people including those caused by radiation. The main reason as to why this action has attracted a ...
