PEARL HARBOR December 7, 1941
Motivation Tension over events in China had led to friction with USA Oil embargo and hostile rhetoric Japan believed war was inevitable MUST deal knock out blow before we were ready
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto Top Japanese Admiral He planned the attack He had spent time in USA (education)
Japanese Goals Destroy U.S. Pacific Fleet –Aircraft Carriers were prize targets –Battleships –Airfields Surprise!
Pearl Harbor Japan's first-line aircraft carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku, were assigned to the mission.AkagiKagaSoryu HiryuShokakuZuikaku A first attack wave of over 180 aircraft, including torpedo planes, high-level bombers, dive bombers and fighters second attack wave of similar size, but with more dive bombers and no torpedo planes
Torpedo Planes
Dive Bombers
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ATTACK! Sunday Morning December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor PERSONNEL KILLED Navy 2001 Marine Corps 109 Army 231 Civilian 54 PERSONNEL WOUNDED Navy 710 Marine Corps 69 Army 364 Civilian 35 SHIPS Sunk or beached 12 Damaged 9 AIRCRAFT Destroyed 164 Damaged 159
USS Arizona USS Arizona wreckage
USS Oklahoma USS Oklahoma, capsized (rolled over) and sunk
FDR December 8, 1941 –FDR Delivers a war message to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Japan –He calls December 7 th “a date that will live in infamy”
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot
Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941 A date which will live in infamy!
President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War
USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Memorial 2,887 Americans Dead!