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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on the US Military bases in the Hawaiian Territory particularly the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor brought the US into World War 2.
3,610 Questions
Why did japan bomb Pearl Harbor in 1944?
I don't think they did. I know they did in 1941, Dec 7th. This was a pre emptive strike designed to cripple US Naval influence in the Pacific.
Japan could do nothing to Pearl Harbor in 1944, they were losing the war badly by that time although capturing each island was slow and cost many lives. Almost all their carriers had been sunk too. The attack was in 1941, as stated above.
The main commanders were:
US: Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short
JP: Admiral Yamamoto, who then entrusted the attack to Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo there was lots of people involved in the attack of pearl harbour and it was japanese people who bombed them
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How about the Japanese Navy and naval air force versus The US naval and air forces.
What did the crew of the uss ward see near pearl harbor?
Early in the morning on December 7, 1941, the "U.S.S. Ward,", a navy destroyer stationed at Pearl Harbor, spotted a submarine near the harbor-entrance. As an unidentified vessel in restricted waters (and with war imminent), the sub was viewed as hostile and was attacked: it was quickly sunk through a combination of gunfire and depth charges launched by the "Ward."
What important type of naval vessel was not destroyed in Pearl Harbor?
Owing to their absence during the attack, the Japanese failed to destroy the American aircraft carriers, which were a primary target. The Japanese attackers also neglected to attack the submarine pens, which would play a major role in the future US submarine campaign against the Japanese merchant fleet.
Why were more than 100000 Japanese Americans sent to interment camps?
America thought the japanease people in America were spies
How did the US show its dislike to Japanese agressions?
The United States imposed severe economic sanctions on Japan (which would cause shortages of oil and other resources) in an attempt to curb Japanese aggression in World War II and force the withdrawal of troops from Manchuria and China.
How much did World War 2 cost the Americans?
WW2 cost $1 trillion USD in 1945
so with inflation of 12 times that WW2 would cost $12 trillion USD in 2012
What was a consequence of the Japanese surprise attack on pearl harbor?
The United States declared war on Germany.
This answer is now correct.
What did the Japanese regard as the main purpose of the attack?
They intended to damage the US Fleet so badly that by the time it could be rebuit they would have uncontested control of all of Asia and the South Pacific.
What made Franklin D. Roosevelt unique from other America presidents?
Mr. Roosevelt was President during the years of the Great Depression and World War 2. Throughout it all, he communicated his intended plans to help the American public. He spoke by radio broadcast that brought hope across the country when there was little hope. Because of his actions and willingness to keep in touch with the people they elected him 4 times to office.
What did the japaneese general say about the bombing of pearl harbor?
Isoroku Yamamoto supposedly said, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant."
There is no evidence to prove Yamamoto made this statement or wrote it down.
Just like one pilot supposedly said, "Pearl Harbor is in flames and smoke, and gasping helplessly."
However, even though the Battle of Pearl Harbor was Yamamoto's idea, it is recorded that "Yamamoto alone" (while all of his teammates were celebrating) spent the day after Pearl Harbor "sunk in apparent depression".
How was Pearl Harbor a turning point?
Pearl Harbor played a major historical role in World War II by galvanizing US support against the Axis. Previously, the US had generally supported Britain but was dissuaded by public opinion from direct involvement. By attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor, Japan brought America into the war.
President Roosevelt knew beforehand that something somewhere would happen, but Congress and the American people balked at entering the war. Japan's attempt was to destroy American naval power in the Pacific figuring it would take a couple of years to rebuild the fleet. This would allow them to conquer the Australian Archipelago and extend their empire. Luckily, the Enterprise was on maneuvers at sea and no American carrier was damaged in the attack. This set the stage for America entering the war and focusing its industrial might against the Axis Powers.
Irrespective of historical inklings for secret military action by Japan on Pearl Harbor, there was not even a simple warning given to the Americans by Japan. A declaration of war was printed in Japan's newspapers in the evening edition of December 8, 1941 but not delivered to the U.S. government until the day after the attack. However the British knew what was happening and did warn Roosevelt who deliberately ignored the warning, except to send a courier to Pearl who arrived too late.
The subterfuge brought America into the war.
Roosevelt also knew that the battleships were obsolete, and to protect the carriers they were sent to sea and the battleships and their crews sacrificed instead, in order to change American public opinion to favour entry into the war.
Why did US get involved in the veietnam war?
The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by the United States. It lasted more than 15 years, from 1959 to 1975. It was also the first war that the United States lost.
WHY THE WAR WAS FOUGHT The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. American leaders feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. After that, nation after nation might fall to Communism. Communism is a political and economic system that the United States strongly opposed. Vietnam had been split in half in 1954, after fighting a war to gain independence from France. When French forces withdrew, Vietnamese Communists gained control of North Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the North Vietnamese Communists. South Vietnam had a non-Communist government. This government was weak. But the United States supported it in order to keep the Communists from taking control of all of Vietnam.
FROM ADVISERS TO TROOPS At first, the United States supported South Vietnam with only money and military advisers. The number of advisers in Vietnam jumped from 800 to nearly 17,000 during the early 1960s while John F. Kennedy was U.S. president. In 1964, U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson reported that North Vietnam had attacked U.S. Navy ships along Vietnam's coast. Nearly 80,000 U.S. troops were in South Vietnam by the end of 1965. . The United States conducted a brutal air war against North Vietnam. In one year, the air force flew 150,000 bombing missions. By 1967, the United States had dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than it dropped on its enemies during World War II (1939-1945). By 1969, at the height of the war, the United States had about 543,000 troops in Vietnam. Many of them were teenagers. The average age of Americans fighting in Vietnam was 19.
END OF THE WAR Although Nixon increased the bombing of North Vietnam, he began withdrawing U.S. troops. Without U.S. support, South Vietnam's government collapsed. North Vietnam won the war in 1975. Vietnam was reunited as a Communist nation. Millions of people died in the Vietnam War. Many of them were civilians, not soldiers. The war created about 10 million homeless Vietnamese refugees. It left hundreds of thousands of orphans.
They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism (domino theory) and after France left Vietnam the US felt they needed to take matters into their own hands.
After WWII, President Truman (and the other western allies) viewed Communism (in the form of the Soviet Union) as the greatest post-war threat. The turning point for Asia came in Dec. 1949 when Chinese communist forces won the civil war in China. Now the U.S. feared all of Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand) might fall to communism.
When France pulled-out of Vietnam in 1955-56, the U.S. basically felt it had to fill the void in order to prevent Ho Chi Minh from unifying Vietnam under communist rule (the 1956 peace accords with France had divided Vietnam in half). So starting in 1955, the U.S. started sending military advisers to assist the South Vietnamese Army. The conflict continued to escalate as communist rebels in the South gained more control of the countryside, which required more & more U.S. military advisers & equipment to prop-up the South Vietnamese army. Finally, in 1965, we sent combat troops to prop-up South Vietnam.
What did the Japanese official mean when he said i am afraid that we have awakened a sleeping giant?
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto commanded Japan's Combined Fleet. It was he who insisted on attacking the American Fleet in Pearl Harbor, and who planned and directed the attack. Yamamoto believed this was the only chance the Japanese had to obtain victory in a war with the US. He said shortly after the attack "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
dec. 8
That was actually 7 th December,1941, -the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
How much damage did the us have by the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
It damaged about the whole part of the place they bombed
Who shot down the first plane in pearl harbor?
Arlie Wilson. He was a cook onboard a ship in dock at the time of the attack. He went on deck and operated one of the guns to become the first person to shoot down a Japanese plane at Pearl Harbor.
How many ships went down in the Pearl Harbor attack?
You can find good documentation on lost ships and planes at the following site:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/history/pearlharbor_facts.html
There is also an attack map (audio visual presentation) link that opens and describes the attack in detail.
What factors made the experience of interned japanese americans so difficult?
The Japanese Internment camps were so difficult because the Japanese people being kept there were American citizens. They weren't treated especially harshly, but the fact that Americans were being kept against their will was disturbing
He shows his confidence in Americans citizens' ability to contribute to the war effort. - APEX
Did Pearl Harbor get bombed in World War 1 or World War 2?
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. It was a bad mistake on the Japanese part, for it brought America directly into World War II. Adolf Hitler declared war on America soon after. This meant that the might in war production and manpower of the United States of America came to the aid of Britain and her Allies in their desperate fight against the Nazis in both Africa and Europe, but were able to take the fight in Asia against the Japanese.
US warship that sank British warship Guerriere?
The USS Constitution. It did not sink it but crippled and captured it
How many us sailors died at pearl l harbor?
A total of 2,008 United States Navy personnel were killed in action. In addition, 109 United States Marine Corps personnel were also killed.
How did Japanese American feel about the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
In their history books it never happened. Neither did the Japanese military invasion and atrocities in China leaving millions dead. The negative events from 1933 - 1945 are mostly forgotten and not even taught to the current generation of Japanese students.
Why did the Japanese attack the US on December 7?
The US stopped exporting steel, aviation fuel, and scrap iron to Japan. Japan got mad and allied with Germany and Italy and eventually Japan attacked the US. On the day of Dec. 7, 1941, diplomats from Japan were meeting with Congress in Washington to make peace with the US. Well, as that was going on, Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor.
