The Arizona By: Emily Lanning, Lea Rehm, Padma Shenoy, Ryan Neufer and Ridge Billig
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the scene of unbelievable tragedy. Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the scene of unbelievable tragedy.
THE FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR A fleet of American battle ships and aircraft carriers were stationed in Hawaii. This was an impressive sight Yamamoto wanted to destroy. He created an attack plan.
RUMORS OF WAR Japanese emissaries delivered hostile messages to the secretary of state who thought they were deceptive. The president didn’t think the attack would come at Pearl Harbor.
Warnings The military intercepted hostile Japanese communications during November and December, Cordell Hull, secretary of state, was trying to get an agreement between Japan and other countries.
THE ATTACK On the morning of December 7, 1941, 183 Japanese planes approached Pearl Harbor. The ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet would be destroyed. The planes dropped bombs and torpedoes on the battleships.
The Arizona Most of the Arizona’s crew were on board. There were more than 900 of her crew. Never in the history of the United States had a ship taken so many men with her. Many men didn’t want to join world war 2 before the attack.
WAR!!!! On December 8 th FDR addressed America that the US would enter the war.
THE BOMB! FDR died on April 12 th Hitler committed suicide 18 days later, ending the war in Europe. Japan didn’t stop fighting. Truman debated whether to use an atomic bomb.
TRUMAN APPROVES Truman gave permission to drop the bomb. The city where the bomb would be dropped was Hiroshima, Japan.
HIROSHIMA The bomb was released at 8:15:17am. August 6 th The bomb detonated 1,870ft. Above ground 43 seconds after it was released from the plane, Enola Gay. The explosion equaled about 13,000 to 15,000 tons of TNT.
Nagasaki August 9 th Bockscar, an American plane flew over Nagasaki, Japan. The bomb detonated at 11:02am., exploded 1540ft. above the Urakami river valley. Nagasaki was devastated like Hiroshima. The emperor said the war was over.