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Pearl Harbor Aim: Pearl Harbor Do Now: What do we know about Pearl Harbor? Homework: December 7, 1941
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Background U.S. puts embargo on Japan –Oil, scrap metal U.S. and Japanese officials met a month prior to attack –Japan wants U.S. to end embargo –U.S. wants Japan out of China and SE Asia NO COMPROMISE
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What is Pearl Harbor? United States Naval Base Hawaii
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The Attack Sunday morning American ships anchored peacefully Japanese planes enter the sky Less than 2 hours: –19 ships sank/damaged –200 planes destroyed –2,400 Americans killed
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Why??? Japan knew they couldn’t win a long war with the U.S. Thoughts sneak attack would force U.S. to beg for peace instead of declare war Japanese mistakes: –Didn’t sink aircraft carriers –Didn’t bomb fuel oil tanks KEYS TO AMERICA’S VICTORY http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm
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Pearl Harbor Memorial
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Pearl Harbor vs. Sept.11th
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