1. “The date which will live in infamy”
Pearl Harbor 1941
“The date which will live in infamy”

2. Build up to War US restricts Japanese immigration in 1920s
Japan invades China and conquers Manchuria in 1931
Japan signs Pact with Germany an Italy in 1939

3. During 1940 and 1941 US restricts and finally stops most trade with Japan.
US freezes Japanese assets

4. Major Bloopers US breaks Japan’s top secret code (Purple)
Sends decoding machines to the Philippines and London but not Pearl Harbor

5. Bloopers
US fleet commander Richardson requests the fleet be moved from Pearl Harbor to the West Coast- Navy refuses

6. Bloopers
America rejects Japanese request for summit Meeting August 1941
Japanese agents in Hawaii regularly report size , type and location of ships in Pearl Harbor: This info is decoded in the Philippines and London but not forwarded

7. Bloopers
General Short orders protection against sabotage and puts planes wing to wing: November 1941
Japanese embassies have carried out orders to burn files (MAGIC decodes this but does not inform Pearl Harbor)

8. Bloopers
Dec. 3,4,5,
MAGIC decodes increased radio traffic from Hawaii to Tokyo regarding fleet in Pearl Harbor
Dec. 6 MAGIG decodes 13 parts of a 14 part message. Indication of war by those who read it. Never passed onto Pearl Harbor

9. DEC 7th Japanese sub fired upon outside harbor
Radar picks up flight of unidentified aircraft 132 miles out

11. Major players in the battle
Genda: Mastermind behind the attack
Admiral Kimmel
General Short : orders planes in line
Yamamota: Commander in chief of the Japanese fleet Tries to avoid an attack

12. Major Players
Stark: Chief of Naval Operations, chooses not to inform Hawaii until calling President
Colonel Bratton convinces Army Chief of Staff General Marshall that Pearl Harbor should be notified of attack.

13. Pearl Harbor: Before the attack
Oahu has many beautiful beaches and palm trees
Many men went there because of being in the Navy
One of the few jobs where men were offered the chance at “seeing the world”, comfortable beds, and a decent meal

14. Pearl Harbor: During the attack

15. When It Happened
When Japanese Zeros attacked, the flag raising ceremonies were underway and the band was just starting the strands of the National Anthem

16. Sunday, December 7th, 1941
Because it was a Sunday, many men were sleeping in, or “at ease” all along the beaches
Chief John Finn was driving the ’38 Ford to the base when a Japanese Zero flying over his head
He then yelled “the damn Japs are attacking”
When Chief Finn stopped near the dock, he noticed that the Japs had already attacked, and they didn’t look like they were stopping anytime soon.

17. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot

18. A date which will live in infamy!
Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!

19. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

20. Pearl Harbor Memorial

21. Aerial view of the USS Arizona Memorial

22. 183 aircraft of the first attack wave were launched from the six Imperial Japanese Navy carriers; Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiru, Zuikaku and Shokaku, 230 miles North of O'ahu at 6:00 A.M. - They were ordered to attack at 0750 A.M. by Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida.

23. At approximately 7:15 A.M. the second wave of aircraft was launched and 170 more aircraft were on their way to Pearl Harbor.

24. Ship locations
USS Arizona, California, Nevada, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, were south-west side of Ford Island
USS Pennsylvania, Shaw, Cassin, and Downes were dry docked near by

27. Shattered by a direct hit, the USS Arizona burns and sinks, December 7, 1941.

28. Damage at Pearl Harbor

29. Deployment of attacking Japanese aircraft

30. President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War

31. FDR calls this “a date which will live in infamy”, and Congress declares that a state of war exists with Japan.

32. Roosevelt signs the Declaration of War

33. Ships during the attack
The ships that were at Pearl Harbor during the attack:
USS Arizona, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia
The ships that were dry docked:
USS Pennsylvania, USS Shaw, USS Cassin, USS Downes
There were only three ships that were missing from the docks:
aircraft carriers- Lexington, Enterprise, and Saratoga

34. Who made the order to attack?
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Admiral Nagumo ordered the attack to continue, at 6:10am on the morning of December 7, 1941

35. The First Two Waves Six aircraft carriers launched off 353 aircrafts
40 torpedo bombers
135 dive bombers
104 horizontal bomber
81 strafing planes
Only two planes didn’t make the attack
188 American planes would be destroyed
8 Battle ships were damaged or destroyed

36. Almost Immediately!
The USS Oklahoma and USS West Virginia took deadly hits

37. USS Arizona
The shocking sight when Japan had stopped bombing was the USS Arizona burning.
The attack was so sudden, no one had a chance to try and defend themselves

38. Naval Dispatch “Air raid on Pearl Harbor. This is not a drill”
Naval Dispatch from headquarters