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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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When did the Pearl Harber Battle officaly end?
Approximately 1000 hrs; less than 2 hrs after it started.
Why did the Japanese surrender to the Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Because we bombed them with the atomic bomb twice.
It is important to note that Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941 and the Japanese did not surrender until August 15, 1945. In the intervening four years numerous battles and millions of people died. Pearl Harbor did not directly result in the Japanese surrender to the United States and actually only led to the US declaration of war and the transfer of a large portion of the US Atlantic fleet to the Pacific.
When was Pearl Harbor Survivors Association created?
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association was created in 1958.
Which country was considered a threat by the British because of its powerful naval fleet?
it was France
What purpose does an act serve in a play?
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What was the strike intended to do regarding Pearl Harbor?
14 ships were sunk, but there are also 4 that were considered severely damaged and were considered as "Sunk" although they could be towed.
AnswerOf the more than 90 ships at anchor in Pearl Harbor, the primary targets were the eight battleships anchored there. seven were moored on Battleship Row along the southeast shore of Ford Island while the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) lay in drydock across the channel. Within the first minutes of the attack all the battleships adjacent to Ford Island had taken bomb and or torpedo hits. The USS West Virginia (BB-48) sank quickly. The USS Oklahoma (BB-37) turned turtle and sank. At about 8:10 a.m., the USS Arizona (BB-39) was mortally wounded by an armorpiercing bomb which ignited the ship's forward ammunition magazine. The resulting explosion and fire killed 1,177 crewmen, the greatest loss of life on any ship that day and about half the total number of Americans killed. The USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS Nevada (BB-36) also suffered varying degrees of damage in the first half hour of the raid.
There was a short lull in the fury of the attack at about 8:30 a.m. At that time the USS Nevada (BB-36), despite her wounds, managed to get underway and move down the channel toward the open sea. Before she could clear the harbor, a second wave of 170 Japanese planes, launched 30 minutes after the first, appeared over the harbor. They concentrated their attacks on the moving battleship, hoping to sink her in the channel and block the narrow entrance to Pearl Harbor. On orders from the harbor control tower, the USS Nevada (BB-36) beached herself at Hospital Point and the channel remained clear.
When the attack ended shortly before 10:00 a.m., less than two hours after it began, the American forces has paid a fearful price. Twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged: the battleships USS Arizona (BB-39), USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS West Virginia (BB-48); cruisers USS Helena (CL-50), USS Honolulu (CL-48) and USS Raleigh (CL-7); the destroyers USS Cassin (DD-372), USS Downes (DD-375), USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Shaw (DD-373); seaplane tender USS Curtiss (AV-4); target ship (ex-battleship) USS Utah (AG-16); repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4); minelayer USS Oglala (CM-4); tug USS Sotoyomo (YT-9); and Floating Drydock Number 2. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, the majority were hit before they had a chance to take off. American dead numbered 2,403. That figure included 68 civilians, most of them killed by improperly fused anti-aircraft shells landing in Honolulu. There were 1,178 military and civilian wounded.
AnswerBeyond the Oklahoma, Utah and Arizona - the West Virginia, California, Oglala, Cassin and Shaw were torpedoed. The Nevada ran ashore trying to get away from the attack without blocking the harbor entrance.
AnswerAmerica lost 10 and Japanese lost 5 mini submarines
Answer9 ship's 8 us (1 destroyer, 7 battleships.) 1 japanese....
Lost: battleships Arizona, Oklahoma; target ship Utah; destroyers Cassin, Downes
Sunk or beached but savagable: battleships West Virginia, California, Nevada; minelayer Oglala
Damaged: battleships Tennessee, Maryland, Pennsylvania; cruisers Helena, Honolulu, Raleigh; destroyer Shaw; seaplane tender Curtiss; repair ship Vestal
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Actually the Japaneese main targets were the U.S. Aircraft carriers not the battleships. They also had 3 waves of fighters but the third one was called off for fear of American Pilots and surviving Ships that could attack the IJN carriers before all their planes refueled. The Japaneese were only 200-400 miles from pearl to the north so an attack from the mainland was also probable and they could not risk loosing their carriers while the Americans still had some this early in the war.
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Who was the most important person in pearl harbor?
the habour master.
i suppose the admiral who planned the attack Yamamoto isoroku was the most important
Did the Japanese rely on the torpedo bombers to destroy the American fleet?
Yes. Although bombs can destroy & sink warships; the best tools for the job are, torpedoes for sinking ships, and bombs for wrecking the topside AAA positions.
A typical (good) tactic: Dive bombers go in first (to avoid collisions with the torpedo planes) and hit the topside defenses (AAA sites). The Torpedo planes go in, timed just as the dive bombers are leaving, and launch the ship sinking under-water missiles.
WWII Torpedo holes averaged about 35 feet in diameter. Plenty of room for ocean water to come crashing through.
What was the us naval fleet at pearl harbor bombed by?
The Japanese Imperial Fleet attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbor with
48 Nakajima B5N Kate bombers armed with 800 kg (1760 lb) armor-piercing bombs
40 B5N bombers armed with Type 91 torpedoes
75 D3As armed with 550 lb (249 kg) general-purpose bombs
Various other aircraft also bombed land targets around Pearl Harbor
Why is it important to understand the reasons japan attacked Peral Harbor?
so kids will know why they attacked pearl harbor
What destroyed the Chinese fleet and saved the Japanese from attack in 1281?
Tsunamis destroyed the Mongolian attempts to invade Japan . In Japan this is known as the Divine Wind or Kamikaze .
Us warning signs at peal harbor?
The one major warning sign at Pearl Harbor happened at approximately 6:30 that morning. As a ship entered the harbor a sailor on another ship thought he say a periscope trailing behind the ship. They were able to contact a nearby ship - the Ward - who confirmed seeing signs or a sub as well. They fired on the submarine sinking it. When the message was sent it was sent encoded that they had 'fired upon' an enemy ship. The telegram did not state straight out that there was a successful attack on another ship. If it had, if it had not been encrypted - those in harbor may have had a chance to prepare for the attack.
Who decided to attacked pearl habor?
Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was not the head of the Japanese Navy - he commanded the Combined Fleet. He had to convince his superiors in the Navy and the Navy Ministry to go along with his plan. Yamamoto believed that this was the only chance the Japanese had for victory, if war came with the US. The Japanese planned to conquer southeast Asia and believed this would cause the US to go to war with them. Therefor, Yamamoto believed the US must be attacked as the very first step of the process, to ensure that the US Navy could not interfere with their plans for conquest.
Yamamoto calculated that a serious blow to the US Navy would buy six months time, by the end of which Japan should have consolidated its conquests. This turned out to be just about completely accurate. Yamamoto's superiors and colleagues in the Japanese Navy were divided over the advisability of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It would take most of the striking power of the Japanese Navy far into enemy waters and make these ships unavailable for the main operation, which was conquest of southeast Asia. The Japanese expected that they might lose half the ships in the attack on Hawaii, but Yamamoto believed it was worth the price and had to be done.
This entire Japanese line of thought was based on the questionable assumption that their invasions in southeast Asia would cause the US to go to war with Japan. This is far from certain, that any number of Japanese invasions in Asia would cause the US to abandon isolationism and the people of the US to demand war with Japan. The militarist leaders of Japan could take their country to war whenever they chose, and perhaps they thought that President Roosevelt could do the same. So the Japanese chose the one thing they could do which was guaranteed to make certain that the US did, in fact, go to war with Japan - a direct attack on the US. The US almost certainly would have become involved in WWII somehow, eventually. But the choice made by the Japanese insured immediate American belligerency.
What is the significance of the Pearl Harbor Day?
Pearl Harbor Day is a remembrance day for the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7, 1941. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II, destroying many of the US Military's ships and killing over 1,000 people in the attack.
What is the distance between Chicago IL and Pearl Harbor HI?
The distance between Chicago, Illinois, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is 4,251 miles or 6,841 kilometers "as the crow flies."
