Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor , What a waste , what a great disaster that pushed The United States into the hell of World War two . With the lost in lives and troops , USA had to fight against Japan and Germany with an intention to not forget about the nation 's lost in Pearl Harbour .A complete scenario is represented along with results .Pearl Harbor

Introduction

Every thing in Hawaii sounds so good for the United States Pacific Fleet

br operated on May 1940 , from Pearl Harbor (Cressman Wenger ,1992 ,p .1 .There were No troubles ,only routine patrols practiced drills ,the ordinary kind of training (Sterner ,2000 ,p .b .United states was trying to stay away from the war clouds that gathered over the Pacific basin in late 1941 (Cressman Wenger ,1992 ,p .1

America was still at peace despite the potential for a looming conflict with Japan in the

South Pacific . It was a What led to the attack

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a real surprise , but on the other hand there were many signs for The US administration to take into account . At the beginning of September 1940 , and due to Japan 's takeover of northern French Indochina , U .S . placed an embargo on Japan and then on July 1941 prevented Japan from buying oil . The Japanese signed a neutrality treaty with the Soviet Union on April 1941 to help them if they were to go to war with Britain or the U .S . The U .S . wanted to stop Japanese expansion but the American people were not willing to go to war to stop it . Japan declared that it would go for war to achieve its requirements (The Official site of the Attack on Pearl Harbor , n .d

On 27 November , The US intelligence knew from intercepted and translated Japanese diplomatic message traffic that an attack would be initiated but it was too late to take an action (Cressman Wenger , 1992 ,

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The attack scenario

At 8 :00 A .m . on December 7 , 1941 , soldiers were having nothing to do except smoking and waiting for regular daily routine .In the next moment , a number of flying Japanese zeros started to approach the silent harbor (Sterner , 2000 ,

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USA Army had seven huge battleships which are , Arizona , California Maryland , Nevada , Oklahoma , Tennessee and West Virginia (p .6 ) and Japanese mission was destroying them and prevent them from threatening along with a huge bulk of aircrafts (p .21

Japanese flight commander Mitsuo Fuchida , ed the Japanese fighters to attack in two successive waves with 360 airplanes (p .22 . The element of surprise had served the first wave of Japanese aircraft well . Within 20 minutes of the initial attack , all of the big battleships of the Pacific Fleet had suffered devastating losses (p .20 . USS Utah , the USS Oklahoma and USS West Virginia began taking deadly hits (p .12

The first wave of attacking airplanes returned back leaving Pearl Harbor and just 200 miles away , they returned back into a second wave attacking in all directions . In this turn , the bulk of the United States Army Air Force on the island was destroyed on the ground (p .20

What make it a big disaster

It was a was possible , and the alert level was very low . At the Beginning Japanese airplanes were thought as American ones . It was a Sunday and anti-aircraft guns weren 't manned and most weaponry and ammunition were securely locked up , and most soldiers were ashore , leaving junior officers to deal with routine daily chores . It was a day designed for rest (p .8

Results for both sides

For Japanese , hundred and eleven Japanese airplanes were damaged in the battle (p .22 .For USA , It was a great disaster and a great lost especially in lives . Over 3 ,500 Americans were killed or wounded in 2 waves of terror lasting 2 long hours . 350 aircraft were destroyed or damaged . All 8 battleships of the U .S . Pacific Fleet were sunk or badly damaged - including the U .S .S . Arizona . On December 8 , President Roosevelt delivers his HYPERLINK "http /www .pearlharbor .org /speeches-songs-music .asp " Day of Infamy speech . That same day , Congress declared war on Japan . On December 11 Congress declared war on Germany (The Official site of the Attack on Pearl Harbor , n .d

Pearl Harbor disaster was not the end for USA Army , The destroyed fleet were reconstructed and became one of the most powerful force in the Pacific and was able to fight against Japanese again during the WWII

References

Cressman , R .J Wenger , R .M (1992 . World War II Commemorative Series Infamous Day : Marines at Pearl Harbor . Washington : the History and Museums Division , Headquarters , U .S . Marine Corps

Sterner (2000 .Day of infamy , a tribute to the veterans and heroes of Pearl Harbor

HomeOfHeroes .com , Inc .Retrieved July 23 , 2007 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .HomeOfHeroes .com " www .HomeOfHeroes .com

The Official site of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (n .d .Retrieved July 23 2007 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .pearlharbor .org http /www .pearlharbor .org

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