1. Pearl Harbor

2. Background A lagoon on the island of Oahu
U.S. using the harbor since 1887
A deep water port, good for ships

3. Background Japan had attacked China in 1937
The United States denounced the attacks and imposed economic sanctions.
Japan creates an alliance with Germany in 1940.
Japan attacks the French colonies in Indochina
More economic sanctions against Japan including that they couldn’t buy oil from the U.S.

4. Planning the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan has no natural oil reserves in the country.
They are running out of oil
They see no other option than to attack the U.S. in the Pacific.

6. Aerial View of Pearl Harbor

7. USS Shaw

8. USS West Virginia

9. USS Arizona

10. Aerial View of Pearl Harbor

11. Pearl Harbor - Stats
The attack came at 7:48am on Sunday, December 7, 1941
There was a second wave of attack at 8:30am
8 U.S. destroyers were damaged, 4 of them sunk
188 U.S. aircraft destroyed
3 cruisers damaged
2,403 Americans killed
1,178 Americans injured