Pearl+Harbor

= = // PEARL HARBOR December 7, 1941 "A DATE THAT SHALL LIVE IN INFAMY" -President Franklin D. Roosevelt //

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On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base on Oahu, Hawaii. The sneak attack started at 8 am PST and destroyed 5 out of 8 US Navy and 2,403 people were killed. 38 fighters planes were able to launch into the air but 10 were shot down.From decoding Japanese messeges the US officers knew the Japanese would attack the Philippines, Indies, and Malaya but did not anticipate an attack on the US in the eastern part of the pacific. US wanted to keep the peace (war between indochina-indonesia and china) but that did not help. Japan made and offer on Nov 20 1941 and US made an offer on Nov 26 but neither one agreed.On December 7th the U.S Secretary of state had a conference in Washington with two diplomats from Japan, meanwhile Japanese military had already begun the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On December 8, 1941, Congress had declared war against Japan. This was the day when the United States entered World War II. ======

// Causes of Pearl Harbor: //
media type="youtube" key="r2PDl-wSBLQ" height="221" width="279" align="right" Japan was trying to expand their country by taking resources from China and conquering the rest of southeast asia. In order to prevent Japan from expanding, the US put a halted on trade and exports in Japan. Upon the embargo from Japan, the United States had begun to support China which increased the friction between Japan and the US. General Hideki Tojo saw that the US was a big barrior stopping them from expanding so they decided to destroy their Naval base. In early 1941 US helped Britain services in World War II. They sent ships and other warfare resources butas the year went on people from the US went to Iceland and Greenland. Prime Minister Winsten Churchhill from England and President Roosevelt made the "Atlantic Charter" which is a list of goals they wanted to reach together as allies such as the Four Freedoms "freedom of speech, fredom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear" in August of 1941. These are some of the prime reasons for the bombing of Pearl Harbor // After the Attack // // : // The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor did not only affect the United States but it also affected the world. United States: @Japanese Re-Location Camps were created in 1942 to keep Japanese residents living on the west coast safe in internment camps for "security" purposes. During the Great Depression in the 1930's jobs became scarce but due to the production of weapons and materials for World War II, the amount of jobs increased. People were moving to new places for jobs but some people did not like the rush of new comers. Some people complained there wasn't enough land for people moving especially by race and religion this resulted in crime and violence. Rationing was a way to balance the amount of resources and food each person received. WPB (War Production Board) was created to over see the change from making "goods for peacetime" or commercial goods to manufacturing planes, weapons, and ships for war. World : On December 11, 1941 Germany, Italy, and other Nazi parties had declared war against the US. Soon after Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, they had landed on Malaya to continue their expansion. Enola Gay was an airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan Aug. 6 1945. Pearl Harbor was the beginning of the war for the United States and Enola was the ending of World War II.

Pearl Harbor was the worst attack the United States Navy has experience. To honor of all the Marines and officials who fought and died that day are remember in the Arizona Memorial Place, Honolulu, Hawaii. "The battleship USS Arizona sits upright on the bottom of the harbor with more than 1,000 men entombed aboard. The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, a roomlike structure, stands above the ship. The memorial is supported by pilings that reach the harbor bottom.The names of those who died on the Arizona are carved in marble at one end of the memorial"-Paul W. Doerr, Ph.D

media type="custom" key="6281729" align="left"Other Interesting Links [|Footage of the Japanese Launch on Pearl Harbor] Live Coverage of Japan Bombing Pearl Harbor  [|Live Broadcast of Pearl Harbor Attack] [|Video Commentary of Pearl Harbor] President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor, looking towards the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and his colleague, delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attacks."

Resources:  @http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-nyd.htm @http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=4&entryid=346520&searchtext=pearl+harbor&type=simple&option=all @http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar419150&st=pearl+harbor @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2PDl-wSBLQ