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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.
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What actions did the Japanese take in the months after bombing pearl harbor?
Japan strategically gained control all over the Western Pacific. They gained power over Guam, the Solomon Islands, the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), New Guinea, and the Philippines. Australia was at risk of being invaded too.
How would you use the word Infamy in a sentence?
First off infamy means famous for something bad. Here's an example. Pete Wentz is infamous for posting innapropriate pictures on the web, while he is famous for being the the band Fall Out Boy.
What happend in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
On the morning of December 7th, 1941, six Japanese carriers, (I'm not sure about the names, Zuikaku, Shoho, Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu etc.) sailed to a point several miles off Honolulu. With the ubiquitous words Tora Tora Tora, (Tiger, Tiger Tiger, which was the codeword for attack) the first wave of Japanese aircraft took off, this wave was mostly Zero fighters, and headed for Pearl Harbour. The fighters split into flights, some strafed parked US planes on Hickham airfield and the other airfields on Honolulu, others attacked ships in the harbour. However they weren't identified as hostile by the US radar because they though it was a flight of B-17 bombers returning from a patrol, and a lot of the ships' AA gun ammo was stored away. Nevertheless, after almost annihlating the USAF on the island, the dive bombers and torpedo planes began their runs as part of the second wave. They targeted 'Battleship Row', a row of anchored US battleships (again I'm not sure of the names, USS Oklahoma, USS Arizona, USS Nevada, USS California, USS West Virginia, USS Pennysylvania) And all of them were either badly damaged or sunk. The US Pacific fleet had been crippled, however their Aircraft Carriers were out on maneuoveres, and so it wasn't a complete loss for the Americans. Overall about 18 ships were sunk or put out of action, and about 2,000 men killed, and about 600 planes were destroyed.
What did America do to retaleate after pearl Harbor?
In response to the attack, the US declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941. This marked the official entry of the US into World War II.
The only direct military retaliation took place while the Japanese were overrunning the Philippines in early 1942. This was the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, which took place on April 18, 1942. A lone US carrier made an extraordinary launch of 16 large B-25 bombers on a symbolic bombing attack, which nonetheless had the desired effect of influencing the way Japanese forces were arrayed in the western Pacific.
What was the potsdam declaration?
On July 26, 1945 the Allied leaders (Stalin, Truman, Chamberlain) issued a declaration demanding "unconditional surrender" from Japan, concealing the fact that they had privately agreed to let Japan retain its emperor. This declaration was made at the potsdam conference, and the last meeting of The Big Three during WWII.
the Potsdam Declaration was a threat made by the Allies to drop an atomic bomb on japan. see also: atom/ic bomb, Enola Gay, hydrogen bomb, V-j.
What ship in the pearl harbor attack has a memorial built over it?
The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and also the events of this day. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the action that forced United States involvement in World War II. The memorial, dedicated in 1962, spans the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. The National Park Service also operates a visitor center associated with the memorial. Historical information about the attack, boat access to the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the center.
Did America get a warning before the bombing of pearl harbor?
There are more legends about Pearl Harbor than any other event of WWII. None have a shred of evidence, nor even make logical sense. The idea that the Japanese government would have informed Hawaiians of Japanese descent that they were about to attack Pearl Harbor would make no sense, and be an incredibly stupid thing to do. There were absolutely no warnings voiced by them to any US authorities.
There were, however, several "war warning" messages sent to Pearl Harbor by the War Dept. However, they were not specific as to targets, since the War Dept had no specific knowledge. The thinking was that Dutch East Indies and the Phillippines would be the most likely targets, the East Indies because of its raw materials, and the Phillippines because they stood in the way. Pearl Harbor was not considered a likely target because it was so far from Japan and it would be difficult for an enemy task force to go undetected for the long passage, and because the anchorage at Pearl was shallow, too shallow for torpedos dropped from a plane. However, the Japanese had managed to develop a torpedo that would work in shallow water a few months before the attack, and bad weather made it unlikely they would be spotted.
All in all, Pearl Harbor received plenty enough warning to not be caught off guard as it was. The radar picked up the incoming Japanese planes and this was reported to the officer on watch at the central station: "many planes." Unfortunately, that very morning, a flight of B17s was due in, from the same direction and the officer assumed that they were the planes the radar was picking up, and told the radar operator not to worry about it. His big mistake was in not asking the operator what he meant by "many planes," since there were only a dozen or so B17s coming in. The operator's mistake was in reporting "many planes" rather than saying 60 to 70, which is what he saw on the screen.
Also, unfortunately, the egoistic US Army Signal Corps had rejected the offer of IFF (identification, friend or foe) radar from the British.
How much difference the extra 20-30 minutes of warning would have made would be a subject for lengthy debate, but it would be safe to say that the first attack wave would probably have faced the same fairly hot reception that greeted the second wave thirty minutes or so later, since more defending fighters could have gotten into the air and more ships would have had their AAA guns firing.
Far and away the definitive book on Pearl Harbor is "At Dawn We Slept" by Gordon Prange, who spent 38 years researching the event.
i've been told that the Japanese government did declare the war on USA before attacking Pearl Harbour. But the message could not be decoded by the Japanese officials in the USA fast enough - and so the war was started before Japan could make the official notice.
1 It caused the most powerful industrial nation in the world to enter the war. For example we built more aircraft in one year than the Germans could build in four years. We built ships faster than the Germans and Japanese could sink them. As Stalin once said, "Quantity has a quality all its own."
2. America had been against joining the war. Pearl Harbor ended all resistance against joining the war in one day.
3. It changed a Navy attitude that the Battleship was the main naval weapon, that wars at sea would be settled by ships shooting it out with oneanother. Since most of our Battleships were sunk we were forced to use whatever we had. In that case it was the Aircraft Carrier. It didn't take long (Battles of Coral Sea and Midway) for the Carriers to prove the day of the Battleship was, for the most part, over. In those battles ships were sunk without ever seeing oneanother. The fighting between navies would no longer take place at distances of 20-30 miles, but in hundreds of miles.
The USA was a well educated and well prepared industrial nation that was able to produce weapons and fresh troops without having to constantly repair its own infrastructure. The British had been fighting the Germans for a number of years and were doing a good job of it, The USA had been supplying the the British with a fantastic amount of weaponry even before they became involved in WW2, however the Japs being stupid enough to attack the US caused Germany to declare war as well and it was on for young and old. the end result is that the us introduced fresh equipment and materials into the war and made absolutely sure that the debt incurred by Europe was repaid by her victorious Alys. The Japanese heirarchy were later rewarded by being made one of the wealthyest industrial nations in the world. And with only having to face perfungtory war crimes prosicutions.
Pearl Harbor was the naval base that the United States Navy had a large portion of their naval ships and servicemen stationed. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 12/7/41 on a Sunday morning the Japanese severely crippled the ability for the naval force to wage war.
How did Americans treat Japanese immigrants after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Those on the west coast (declared military zones) were placed in internment camps for three years, many losing their homes and businesses. They were also discriminated against, as people felt all Japanese were untrustworthy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The propaganda campaigns during World War II included considerable anti-Asian racism.
Trade was by direct exchange of goods. As trade expanded, it became expedient to have tokens instead of cartloads and shiploads of good, and as a store and reserve of value. So tokens were used - especially tokens which had a high intrinsic value of their own, such as metals and gems. To give some guarantee of value, states began to back the value of their curencies.
Was the US involved in the Holocaust?
No. The holocaust was the attempted wholesale extermination, by Nazi Germany, of all Jews, Slavs and other people the Nazis considered "subhuman". the United States, and its allies, stopped the holocaust by winning the war.
Do people visit the Pearl Harbor?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor needs to be remembered so that it never happens again. By Skyqueen1234
What US action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the US in 1941?
Japan was at war with China. Despite being a military superpower, their war with China was using up their resources. During that time, most of their resources especially oil were coming from the US. The US did not approve of Japanese aggression in China and they declared an embargo on Japan. This means they would stop supplying Japan with raw materials. So where would Japan get their resources to continue the war now?
The Japanese High Command carefully discussed this and came up with the conclusion that the Dutch East Indies would be the best place to gain resources. But they knew that an attack on the Dutch East Indies would probably bring the US into the war. So they had to find a way to prevent the US from fighting with them until they conquered the Dutch East Indies. That's when they planned Pearl Harbor. The goal of Pearl Harbor was to disable the American fleet for a few months to give them enough time to conquer the Dutch East Indies and to absorb its resources to finance their war in China and the US once the US' navy was rebuilt.
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How many islands occupied in the pacific did the Japanese catch in World War 2?
The new strategy of "Island Hopping"; and sometimes, during the war, referred to as "hitting them where they ain't", was a strategy adapted after the bloody "Battle of Tarawa", in November 1943. For further information, see website: World War 2 Time Line 1939-1945; Pacific Islands.
Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese on February 6, 2000.
When did the Pearl Harbor attack finish?
The attack on Pearl Harbor ended around 9:45AM Hawaiian time on December 7, 1941.
At About 10:00 A.M. two hours after they first arrived and attacked, the Japanese departed from Pearl Harbor. They started heading north, back to their air-craft carriers. They were going to send a third wave, but since they no longer had the element of suprise on their side, the decided not to.
Why did japan attack midway island?
In June of 1942, the Japanese attacked Midway Island for two reasons. For one thing, they sought to draw out the American navy so as to inflict a decisive defeat upon it. For another thing, they sought to establish a forward base from which to make further attacks upon American territory and also to prevent any additional American attacks upon the Japanese home-islands.
How long did japan attack Darwin for?
On 19 February 1942, the Japanese attacked Darwin, launching two waves of planes comprising 242 bombers and fighters. The attacks were the first of about 100 air raids against Australia during 1942-43.
How many people volunteered for service after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
I do not have exact numbers but there were reports of lines extending for blocks leading to the recruiting offices.
Was there a kamikazee at Pearl Harbor attack?
Kamikazes were the result of Japan "running out of TRAINED pilots", and didn't enter the war until about 1944 at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It takes a YEAR or MORE to train a good combat pilot...and the Battle of Midway took the cream of the crop away from the Imperial Navy in 1942. Japan underestimated the need for a steady stream of combat pilots, not realizing that if a sudden catastrophe should kill off their pilots, as happened at "Midway", they would have to replace them quickly. Of all the fighting men in WW2, the airplane pilots required the most training.
What US ship sank in Pearl Harbor?
None. The harbor in Pearl is to swallow for a ship to "sink" that is for the ship to go under water and out of sight. Two battleships were listed as "lost". They were the Oklahoma because she capsized. The other was the Arizona because of the massive explosion ripped the ship almost in two. The other 6 battleships were damaged, some heavily. But were back in service before the end of the war. The Nevada was hitting targets on D-day. Others were hitting targets in the pacific. Hope this helps!
What were the names of the Captains of the USS Arizona?
Did you mean the USS Arizona (BB-39) when it was sunk during the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor - if so , the last Commander was Franklin Van Valkenburgh who died during the attack .
Us government policy toward Japanese Americans?
If you are referring to those that lived in America, they took them all and put them in concentration camps. Despite the fact that they may have been American citizens or have been born in America. The government was afraid that they might become spy's for Japan or attack US infrastructure.
How many people were killed during the attacks at pearl harbor?
2350 people were killed, including 68 civilians, and 1178 injured.
