Close to 2500 military and civilians
360 planes made up the two waves used to attack Pearl Harbor.
The USS Maryland suffered a total of 4 casualties during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Because Pearl Harbor was only one military base in the US out of 737 total. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2390 people. The US military has over one million enlisted personnel. It would be like removing one bee from a bee hive and wondering why you still got stung by the other bees.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was considered great because it dealt a severe blow to the United States' Pacific Fleet, destroying or damaging numerous warships and aircraft. However, it was not considered total because the attack did not completely destroy the United States' naval capabilities or infrastructure at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. aircraft carriers, which were the primary target of the attack, were out at sea and therefore survived unharmed, allowing the U.S. to rebuild and retaliate in the Pacific War.
There was no declaration before the attack on Pearl Harbor because the Japanese government believed a surprise attack would cripple the United States Pacific Fleet and prevent them from interfering with Japanese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. It was seen as a strategic move to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war.
360 planes made up the two waves used to attack Pearl Harbor.
The USS Maryland suffered a total of 4 casualties during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Because Pearl Harbor was only one military base in the US out of 737 total. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2390 people. The US military has over one million enlisted personnel. It would be like removing one bee from a bee hive and wondering why you still got stung by the other bees.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was considered great because it dealt a severe blow to the United States' Pacific Fleet, destroying or damaging numerous warships and aircraft. However, it was not considered total because the attack did not completely destroy the United States' naval capabilities or infrastructure at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. aircraft carriers, which were the primary target of the attack, were out at sea and therefore survived unharmed, allowing the U.S. to rebuild and retaliate in the Pacific War.
Their were 1,117 crewmen who lost their lives in that attack on the USS Arizona. This was more than half of the total causalities in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese used mini-submarines. Very small submarines housing only a few men. The attack on Pearl Harbor itself was mostly an air raid. There were five mini subs that launched in total. It is believed that only two actually entered the harbor and that only one released a torpedo.
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.
Less than a 1,000 Japanese Naval Airmen flew the attack planes.
There was no declaration before the attack on Pearl Harbor because the Japanese government believed a surprise attack would cripple the United States Pacific Fleet and prevent them from interfering with Japanese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. It was seen as a strategic move to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war.
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.
2,403 - 68 of the fallen civilians 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
A total of 2,008 United States Navy personnel were killed in action. In addition, 109 United States Marine Corps personnel were also killed.