PEARL HARBOR

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Facts about Pearl Harbor  Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941  2,343 men died, 1,272 were wounded and 960 were left missing  4 battleships were sank 1 was capsized and another was ran aground in “battleship row”

Facts (Cont’d)  11 other ships were sunk and 188 planes were destroyed  Only 29 Japanese planes were shot down and 5 midget submarines were lost

Facts (Cont’d)  The Japanese fleet contained about 353 planes in two waves  A third wave was called off  Aircraft carriers the target of the attack were all not at the base  The reason why the third attack was called off

Facts (Cont’d)  The Japanese only attacked ships at Pearl Harbor and planes at Hickman airbase

Facts (Cont’d)  Franklin Roosevelt the president at the time declared 12/7/41 as a “a day that will live in infamy”  The United States declared war on Japan the very next day December 8, 1941

Facts (Cont’d)  Germany and Italy declared war on the United States after that  The United States then declared war on Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941

The attack  The attack occurred on a Sunday, while everyone was off-duty  Everyone was caught completely off-guard  The navy did have radar but it was expecting friendly planes coming through  The navy also discovered a midget submarine washed up on the shore, but did not think much of it

The attack

The flag will always be flown high

Ships sunk during the attack  USS Arizona  USS Oklahoma  USS California  USS West Virginia

Ships sunk (Cont’d)  USS Utah  USS Oglala  USS Shaw  YFD-2  USS Sotoyomo

Weapons used  The Japanese used a range of all planes from the zero which was a fighter plane to the Val which was a dive bomber  All Japanese planes were launched off a aircraft carrier so no ships were involved

Quiz  Which ship was sank during Pearl Harbor?  A) USS Maryland A) USS Maryland  B) USS Arizona B) USS Arizona  C) USS Tennessee C) USS Tennessee

Correct  B) the Arizona was correct it was big loss for the United States

Incorrect  Please try again

True or False  The Japanese suffered heavy losses?  A) True A) True  B) False B) False

Correct  The Japanese lost a total of 29 planes during Pearl Harbor making their losses minimum

Incorrect  The Japanese lost a very minimum number of planes

When was war declared on Japan?  A) December 7 th 1941 A) December 7 th 1941  B) December 8 th 1941 B) December 8 th 1941  C) December 11 th 1941 C) December 11 th 1941

Correct  War was declared on Japan on Monday December 8 th 1941

Incorrect  Try again

Who was the President at the time?  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt A) Franklin D. Roosevelt  B) Harry Truman B) Harry Truman  C) John F. Kennedy C) John F. Kennedy

Correct  The answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt

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After Pearl Harbor  What happened after Pearl Harbor was World War 2 which the United States got involved in right away  They immediately began the war in the pacific with the Japanese  They also began fighting with the Allies in North Africa

D-Day  The United States invaded Normandy on June 6 th 1944 which is one of the worst days in American history  The beaches were heavily defended and the Allies could not break through the German defenses

World War II  The Allies fought the Axis in World War II and the Allies prevailed  The Allies were United States of America, Soviet Union, Great Britain  The Axis powers were Italy, Japan, Germany

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