the bombing of pearl harbor
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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Basic Info• Who: Japanese• What: Bomb U.S.
naval base • When: Dec. 7,
1941 • Where: Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii
Why?• U.S. oil embargo• Give Japan time
to expand into SE Asia• Japan felt U.S.
would be in war eventually
How?• Fleet sails through
N. Pacific• Sunday morning• 2 waves of planes• Attack airfields first• Battleship row
Results• 2,403 deaths• 1,178 wounded• 13 ships damaged• 8 ships sunk• More than 300
hundred planes destroyed or damaged
U.S. Reaction• Anger—Surprise
attack; not negotiating in good faith• Declaration of War• How could this
happen?
How did this happen?• Feeling of
invincibility• Bunching planes• Radar• Japanese mini-sub• Miscommunication
Pearl Harbor Today
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