1. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Miss Fisk

2. Opener
What is your reaction to the movie that you just watched?

3. Thoughts from Movie Clip
Airfield attack first
Battleship row second
U.S. and Japan were in negotations of peace because tensions were high, U.S. regularly sent gifts to Japan, Japan sent gifts back, acting like false hope for peace
The torpedos that the japanese used in the attack were specially made to account for the shallow water of pearl harbor; wooden cross section were placed over propeller

4. Only destroyers, and battleships were in port that day
All aircraft carriers were out doing drills
Airfield attacks: all the planes in the american airforce were grouped together making it easier to
Two most famous battle ships: Oklahoma, and Arizona

5. All eight U. S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk
All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk. Of the eight damaged, six were raised, repaired and returned to service later in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer

6. Arizona: 1200 dead, exploded, sunk, left in place, with dead still entombed
Oklahoma: 429 dead, capsized, turned on side, raised, sunk while in tow to the coast of California
Two planes were able to get into the air, shooting down about 10 Japanese planes
When the ships started sinking, doors were shut in hopes of stopping sinking, pressure o fwater made it difficult to reopen them, drowning the men inside

7. Pearl harbor deaths consisted of battlefield wounds, smoke inhalation, drowning, and third degree burns from burning oil and fuel in the water,

8. Before the Attack Neutralization of Pacific Fleet
Couldn’t stop their advance in China
Reliance on Natural resources
Export control act:
Avoid scarcity of commodities in a pre-war atmosphere
Prevent export of war materials to Japan

9. Oil Exports Halted Invasion of French-Indochina
Oil production in Dutch East Indies
Fleet move from San Diego to Pearl Harbor

10. December 7th 1941
7:48 AM Sunday Morning
Battleship Row
Airfields

11. Aftermath 4 Battleships sunk, others damaged
3 cruisers destroyed – raiding and protection missions
3 destroyers destroyed- protection on the fleet from subs
188 aircraft destroyed
2,400 military killed
1,300 wounded

15. Roosevelt’s Declaration of War
President must ask congress to declare war on a country
Listen to the speech and read along