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Who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor?
AnswerI believe Japan's greatest naval strategist, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, helped plan the attack on Pearl Harbor, but also argued that the U.S. fleet in Hawaii was "a dagger pointed at our throat" and must be destroyed.
Thinking of the situation in context the Japanese bombed pearl harbor the us was at war with japan do you agree or disagree with the opinion stated in this editorial?
To assess the opinion stated in the editorial regarding the U.S. war with Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, it’s crucial to consider the context. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike that galvanized American public opinion and led to a unified call for war against Japan. Many would argue that given the circumstances, the U.S. had a justified reason to enter the conflict. However, opinions may vary based on interpretations of pre-war diplomacy and the actions leading up to the attack.
How many planes were lost during pearl harbor?
It wasn't the "battle of pearl harbor", the U.S. navy didn't attack until they realized they were under attack until a few of their ships blew up....(Its the Attack on Pearl Harbor) Anyways, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,402 personnel were killed and 1,282 were wounded. Ships: Four U.S. battleships were sunk (two of which were raised and returned to service later in the war) and all of the four other battleships present were damaged. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers three destroyers an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer.
What caused the US to enter a war thousands of miles away in Europe?
Germany would not agree to end its naval attacks.
Where did japan attack first during World War 2?
The first location that Japan struck during WWII was Pearl Harbor, on December 8, 1941 at 2:48am Japan Time (December 7, 7:48am Hawaii Time.) Later that day, Japan also invaded Thailand and Malaya. Most historians agree that WWII started with Pearl Harbor. However, some historians will even say WWII started in 1937 - when Japan fought China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Or, even further back as 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. So, it really depends on when you think WWII started. But, it is a safe bet that Pearl Harbor is the right answer.
What is the difference between Pearl Harbor and World War 2?
Pearl Harbor was an attack on the US by Japan that precipitated the US entry into WWII. It occurred on Dec 7, 1941. World War II was a conflict that militarily involved many nations of Europe, Asia, and North America that most historians agree began with the German attack of Poland in 1939. Japan was engaged in Empire-expanding conflicts with China and other Asian and Pacific nations at the same time. The first allies were Poland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and France. These forces allied to declare war on Germany following the invasion of Poland.
Why did the Japannese bomb Pearl Harbor?
Japan was in a war to expand their empire. They needed raw material to keep their war machine going. They wanted to take over the east indies for their rich oil reserves. The US didnt agree with what they were doing so we stopped sending them oil. The Japanese wanted the oil anyway and were afraid that the Pacific fleet of the US would hinder their ability to access these islands for their oil. So they decided on a sneek attack hoping to catch the US carriers along with the capital ships in Pearl Harbor and sink them. Thus taking the US fleet out of commission for many months. This would allow the Japanese to continue on with their war effort. However, the carriers were out to sea on some exercises and the Japanese didnt sink one of them on that day.
Whats the cause for the Pearl Harbor attack?
Unknown, really. Most agree that Japan felt the trade embargo that the US imposed on Japan was looked upon as an 'act-of-war' by the Japanese hierarchy. The Japanese military men were very ashamed of themselves and their country once they learned that the Japanese Government had not declared war on the US - even though they had asked the Russian government to pass that information on to the US. The Russians didn't do so, because they were hoping to invade/take over Japan during the war. (I'm sure someone will edit this for clarity/content, but it's a heckuva start! :)
What did the Americans do in revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The US declared war and then won that war. The final "revenge" for the attack by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, is seen by many to be the dropping of nuclear weapons on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
What events led up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
1937 July: Japan invades North China from Manchuria.1940 July: U.S. imposes trade sanctions, followed by an embargo, aimed at curbing Japan's military aggression in Asia.1941 January: Adm. Yamamoto begins communicating with other Japanese officers about a possible attack on Pearl Harbor.Jan. 27: Joseph C. Grew, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, wires Washington that he has learned that Japan is planning a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No one in Washington believes the information. Most senior American military experts believe the Japanese would attack Manila in the Philippine Islands if war broke out.February: Adm. Husband E. Kimmel assumes command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. Kimmel and Lt. Gen.Walter C. Short, commanding general of the Hawaiian Department, prepare for the defense of the islands. They ask their seniors in Washington for additional men and equipment to insure a proper defense of military instillations.April: U.S. intelligence officers continue to monitor Japanese secret messages. In a program code-named Magic, U.S. intelligence uses a machine to decode Japan's diplomatic dispatches. Washington does not communicate all the available information to all commands, including Short and Kimmel in Hawaii.May: Japanese Adm. Nomura informs his superiors that he has learned Americans were reading his message traffic. No one in Tokyo believes the code could have been broken. The code is not changed.July: Throughout the summer, Adm. Yamamoto trains his forces and finalizes the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Sept. 24: The "bomb plot" message from Japanese naval intelligence to Japan's consul general in Honolulu requesting a grid of exact locations of ships in Pearl Harbor is deciphered. The information is not shared with the Hawaii's Adm. Kimmel and Gen. Short.November: Tokyo sends an experienced diplomat to Washington as a special envoy to assist Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura, who continues to seek a diplomatic solution.Japan wants the U.S. to agree to its southern expansion in Asia diplomatically but if those efforts were unsuccessful, Japan was prepared to go to war.Nov. 16: Submarines, the first units involved in the attack, depart Japan.Nov. 26: The main body, aircraft carriers and escorts, begin the transit to Hawaii.Nov. 27: Kimmel and Short receive a so-called "war warning" from Washington indicating a Japanese attack, possibly on an American target in the Pacific, is likely.Night of Dec. 6, Morning of Dec. 7: U.S. intelligence decodes a message pointing to Sunday morning as a deadline for some kind of Japanese action. The message is delivered to the Washington high command before 9 a.m. Washington time, more than 4 hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor. But the message is not forwarded to the Pearl Harbor commanders and finally arrives only after the attack has begun.At 0755, Hawaiian time, the first wave of Japanese aircraft begin the attack. Along with the ships in Pearl Harbor, the air stations at Hickam, Wheeler, Ford Island, Kaneohe and Ewa Field are attacked.The Japanese attack continues for two hours and 20 minutes. When it's over, more than 2,400 Americans are dead and nearly 1,200 wounded. Eighteen ships have been sunk or damaged. More than 300 aircraft are damaged or destroyed.Dec. 8: President Roosevelt addresses Congress and asks for a declaration of war against Japan, which he receives.Dec. 16: Adm. Kimmel and Gen. Short are relieved of their commands.1942 January: The Roberts Commission appointed by President Roosevelt finds Kimmel and Short in dereliction of duty and solely responsible for the Pearl Harbor disaster.1944January: Capt. Laurence Safford, the Navy's former chief cryptographer, discovers that officials in Washington withheld secret information from Kimmel and Short.October: A Naval Court of Inquiry finds Kimmel had not been derelict but had acted appropriately given what he knew. The Chief of Naval Operations overrules the court, saying if Kimmel had done aerial reconnaissance he might have discovered the Japanese fleet just 250 miles off Hawaii.1995December: A Defense Department investigation finds others share the responsibility with Kimmel and Short for the Pearl Harbor disaster. It does not say who those "others" are.2000An amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act of 2001 finds Kimmel and Short acted competently and professionally and urges the president to restore the officers to their highest WWII rank.
Japans relationship with the US in world war 2?
Relations between the US and Imperial Japan were icy in the years before the official start of WW 2 in 1939. The US and the rest of the "free world " were disturbed by the Japanese invasion of China in 1931. Of course after the 1941 surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two nations were at war with one another in the Pacific theater. Only after the effects of the atomic bomb drops in August of 1945 did the Emperor and his top commanders agree to an unconditional surrender.
Did America set off the bomb of hiroshema because of the pearl harbor attack?
no. the reason the Americans droped the atomic bomb on hirosema was becasue the emporer of Japan refused to agree with a unconditional surrender. When many attampts had failed the U.S government decided it would be a perfect live test of the bomb and it would bring a quick and swift end to the war.
