Pearl HarborAim: Pearl Harbor

Do Now: What do we know about Pearl

Harbor?Homework:

December 7, 1941

Background

• U.S. puts embargo on Japan– Oil, scrap metal

• U.S. and Japanese officials met a month prior to attack– Japan wants U.S. to end

embargo– U.S. wants Japan out of China

and SE Asia•NO COMPROMISE

What is Pearl Harbor?

• United States Naval Base• Hawaii

The Attack

• Sunday morning• American ships

anchored peacefully• Japanese planes

enter the sky• Less than 2 hours:

– 19 ships sank/damaged

– 200 planes destroyed– 2,400 Americans killed

Why???

• Japan knew they couldn’t win a long war with the U.S.

• Thoughts sneak attack would force U.S. to beg for peace instead of declare war

• Japanese mistakes:– Didn’t sink aircraft carriers– Didn’t bomb fuel oil tanks

•KEYS TO AMERICA’S VICTORYhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm

Pearl Harbor Memorial

Pearl Harbor vs. Sept.11th