Very few - fewer than 100 - but the precise number probably isn't known. We can be sure of 9 out of 10 crewmembers on midget submarines, and the crew of at least one full-sized sub recently discovered off Oahu. There were a few dozen Japanese aircraft shot down over Pearl Harbor by the anti-aircraft fire, and by the two USAAF fighters that actually got airborne.
The website Hawaiivacationsite.com lists to total Japanese losses as 64, but the recently discovered submarine crew is probably not included in this listing.
No, it was not a suicide mission, but it was a surprise attack. The Japanese launched aircraft from six Aircraft Carriers, the planes that survived the attack returned to their carriers. The Japanese only lost 29 aircraft, 4 midget submarines and only had 65 soldiers killed or wounded in the attack. This was out of a total of 353 Japanese aircraft invoved in the attack. The attack on Pearl Harbor was December 7th 1941, and Kamakaze pilots were not used until 1944.
In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most important, 2,403 sailors, soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1,000 people were wounded.
See website: Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Because the Japanese killed over a thousand American soldiers and some US citizens in Hawaii sparking war.
According to the National Park Service, there were 1998 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 233 Army personnel and 48 civilians killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. This comes to a total of 2388 Americans killed. This number may not include casualties from attacks or inaccurate targeting of other sites
No, it was not a suicide mission, but it was a surprise attack. The Japanese launched aircraft from six Aircraft Carriers, the planes that survived the attack returned to their carriers. The Japanese only lost 29 aircraft, 4 midget submarines and only had 65 soldiers killed or wounded in the attack. This was out of a total of 353 Japanese aircraft invoved in the attack. The attack on Pearl Harbor was December 7th 1941, and Kamakaze pilots were not used until 1944.
In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most important, 2,403 sailors, soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1,000 people were wounded.
See website: Attack on Pearl Harbor.
57 Japanese Were Killed
The Japanese commander and planner of the attack on Pearl Harbor was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. He remained as an American nemesis throughout most of the Pacific War. He was killed in 1943 when a plane he was in was shot down.
2,345 soldiers, along with 57 civilians.
Because the Japanese killed over a thousand American soldiers and some US citizens in Hawaii sparking war.
a lot of people were killed
NOT Counting the warships. Approximately 420 Japanese airplanes attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The dive bombers carried two crewmen, the torpedo bombers carried three crewmen, and the fighter planes (Zeros) carried one pilot. There were less than one thousand Japanese aircrewmen attacking the US Battleship Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor.
2,402 killed .
According to the National Park Service, there were 1998 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 233 Army personnel and 48 civilians killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. This comes to a total of 2388 Americans killed. This number may not include casualties from attacks or inaccurate targeting of other sites
The following is a list of how many people were killed on Dec. 7, 1941 as a result of the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor.US Navy 2,008 KIAUSMC 109 KIAUS Army 218 KIACivilians 68Total 2,403Close to 2/3 of those who died occurred in the first 15 minutes of the battle when the Oklahoma, Utah and the Arizona were bombed.55 Japanese died.The US had 1178 personnel wounded along with an unknown amount of Japanese.2,403 - 68 of which were civilian