Pearl Harbor, Was It Really a Surprise?

• Japan and United States


• Japan attacked United States at Pearl Harbor.


• On December 7, 1941 during World War Two


• Pearl Harbor took place in Oahu, Hawaii


• A single stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's expansion.


• America was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full contributor.
  
• The Japanese military, engaged deeply in the endless war that had started against China around 1937.


• The Japanese military badly needed other raw materials and oil.


• The Western powers effectively stopped trade with Japan in July 1941.


• Japanese stopped the oil and mineral-rich Southeast Asia and East Indies.


• A Pacific war was virtually created.
  
• The U.S. Fleet's Pearl Harbor base was reachable by an aircraft carrier force, and the Japanese Navy secretly sent one across the Pacific with greater air striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans.


• Just before 8AM on 7 December it's plane hit.


• Five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking within a short time, leaving the rest damaged.


• Over 2400 Americans were dead and several other ships and most Hawaii-Based combat planes were also knocked out.


• A Japanese Army was ashore in Malaya, and Japanese planes got rid of much of the American air force in the Philippines.


• The memory of the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor started a determination to fight.
  
• Japan's striking power had been eliminated once the Battle of Midway in early June 1942, that same memory began a war to save Japan's adventures and remove Japan, and Japan's German and Italian allies, as upcoming threats to peace in the World.


• The Japanese attacked the American Port of Pearl Harbor, killing many men.
  
• The main commanders were:
  United States: Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short
  Japan: Admiral Yamamoto, who then entrusted the attack to Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
  
• The Japanese bombed United States airstrips.


• Japan bombed the United States to bomb them into submission so that they could no longer resist the ground forces.
  
• Japan also attacked Pearl Harbor to remove a threat.


• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they did not invade it.


• Pearl Harbor is now a large topic listed on the calendar in Hawaiian and United States history.

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This is a picture of a newspaper around the time of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. It's a primary source because it was from that actual time period. It explains the bombing and that President Roosevelt had declared war.

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This is primary source photo of an above view of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Things look more peaceful here, than they really were that dreadful day.

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This is a primary source photo of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was taken on the day of the actual event. It is a view from another different position that you can see the disaster. you can see smoke and a ship.

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/pearl.jpg

As you can see in this picture, the ship is damaged beyond repair. This is an alright assumption due to the clearly visable smoke coming from it.

http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesHistory/BurmaBanshee/PearlHarborAttack.jpg

This picture is a primary source because it was taken on the day of the actual Pearl Harbor bombing. It was taken by the U.S. Navy to record the events of that day. All of the smoke gives you just a fraction of an idea of how bad it was.

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This is a picture taken from farther away. It's not exactly on the scene but it shoes you what people in their homes could have been seeing. it's a primary source because it was taken on December 7, 1941. The day of the attack.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h50000/h50931.jpg

This is a picture taken from farther away. It's not exactly on the scene but it shoes you what people in their homes could have been seeing. it's a primary source because it was taken on December 7, 1941. The day of the attack.

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." -- Franklin d. roosevelt
http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/franklin-d.-roosevelt/3781

This quote states what was happening on December 7, 1941. The President was informing the community and world as to what really happened on that day.

[http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/images/03-0059a.jpg] Google Images; Pearl Harbor

In this image, a man is aiming and shooting his gun at a ship opposite of him. This was Pearl Harbor. On December 7th, 1941. They also included the word REMEMBER in the picture to remind us of what really went on during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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[http://www.usswestvirginia.org/fdr_pearl_speech.htm] Click here for Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech! Audio can be included!

Questions:

1. When did Pearl Harbor take place? Where? Who was involved? December 7th, 1941; Oahu, Hawaii; Japan and United States

2. Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Japan bombed the United States to bomb them into submission so that they could no longer resist the ground forces.

3. When did the Japanese military engage in the war that had started against China? around 1937

4. When did the Western powers effectively stopped trade with Japan? 1941

5. What time did the plane hit? Just before 8AM on 7 December it's plane hit.