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