1. Pearl Harbor

2. Pearl Harbor
USA’s isolationist policy was leaving its military in a state of flux
Even though it declared itself neutral – did a lot in the war

3. Pearl Harbor
Destroyers for Bases (giving old destroyers to Britain in exchange for bases in the Caribbean)
Lend-Lease Act (giving war materials to allies)
Cash and Carry (giving war materials to Britain – but Britain had to use own ships to get it)
Rearmed Anglo-French forces at Dunkirk

4. Pearl Harbor
United States in the way of Japan’s ambitions in South East Asia – Japan needed oil, rubber for war
Roosevelt demanded Japan withdraw from Indo-China and stopped selling oil to them
Negotiations were for naught

5. Pearl Harbor
Sunday Morning, December 7, 1941 – Japan launches an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
No formal declaration of war on either side – surprise attack
Two waves of Bombers attack

7. Pearl Harbor
2350 men killed, 5 battleships sunk, 3 battleships put out of action, 200 aircraft destroyed
29 Japanese planes shot down
Luckily for America – 3 aircraft
carriers not in port that morning

8. Pearl Harbor
Japan thought they had taken America out of the war – Admiral Tojo confident
Took 6 months before America was able to make a dent in the war afterward
December 8, 1941 – USA declares war on Japan