Pearl Harbor

first of all, "USS" stands for Unites States Ship in military, and the USA(united states of america) some times name their baatle ships or cruisers and all that with the states name like USS Oklahoma, USS Nevada, and USS West Virginia.

The tragedy was an UNPREPARED US Fleet being attacked. If the US Forces had been READY & WAITING, Pearl Harbor would have gone down in history as a "Common Battle", instead of a "Tragedy."

Two Battleships were destroyed at Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona and the USS Oklahoma.

trust-busting

1. Caused US entry into WW2. 2. Caused US military to utilize the aircraft carrier instead of the battleship for naval battles. Had US forces used battleships to take on Imperial Navy Aircraft Carriers, WW2 in the Pacific would have been disasterious.

President Roosevelt called the bombing of Pearl Harbor the "Day of Infamy".

Here is a brief summary of US ship losses & damage to the 8 battleships at Pearl Harbor: Battleship-USS Arizona, sunk; 1,103 killed Battleship-USS Oklahoma, sunk; 415 killed Battleship-USS West Virginia, sunk; 106 killed Battleship-USS California, sunk; 98 killed Battleship-USS Nevada, beached; 60 killed; Battleship-USS Pennsylvania, slight damage; 29 killed Battleship-USS Tennessee, minor damage; 5 killed Battleship-USS Maryland, some damage; 4 killed.

Only the USS Arizona & USS Oklahoma were total losses. The USS West Virginia, USS California, and USS Nevada were all raised/refloated and then repaired & improved on the US west coast in time to fight in the Pacific war.

The USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee, and USS Maryland were all repaired on the US west coast and returned to service in less than four months. Of the 8 battleships at Pearl Harbor, four were sunk. Of the four that were sunk, two were later raised, repaired, and returned to service during the war.

Victory in Europe (V-E) Day May 08, 1945 - defeat of Germany

December 7, 1941 (In case someone doesn't know, that was the bombing of Pearl Harbor)

pearl harbor was actually a place where all the rich people lived (that's the reason for the name pearl) (because pearls are really expensive) and this was where maria and luke got married and bought a pearl farm and bought a Mercedes Benz

Power, money, the usual...

Natural black pearls are rare and highly valuable; cultured black pearls are much more common and less valuable.

The address of the Pearl Harbor Survivors is: 180 S Main St Spc 21, Red Bluff, CA 96080-3834

No, the Capital is Honolulu.

To negotiate a commercial treaty

Absolutely the ki-27 plane would easily destroy a modern M1-Abrams tank.

The Ki-27 Nate weighed about 1,180 kg (2,600 lb) unladened and the max speed was 440 km/h (275 mph). Without factoring the weight of the fuel this gives a kinetic energy of 8,813,360 J. Even at it cruising speed of 350 km/h (218 mph) the kinetic energy would be 5,576,520 J. It is unlikely that even Chobham armour could withstand this kind of force. Factor in the amount of fuel and oil in the ki-27 Nate which would surround and engulf the tank in a fireball there is next to no hope that the tank would survive.

Also Operation "Iraqi Freedom" pointed out the M1 Abrams could have one weakness. The engine the M1 uses is a tubine engine and this require a largish exhaust vent on the rear of the tank. When you see a picture of the tank this is the grill you see on the back. If the Nate pilot used is wits then he would attack it at the rear.

Calculations

Ek = 1/2mv2

Where

Ek = Kinetic Energy (Joules)

m = mass (kg) = 1180

v = Velocity (m/s) = 440 km/h = 122.22 m/s

so

Ek = 0.5*1180*(122.22)2

Ek = 8813259.756

where v = 350 km/h = 97.22

Ek = 0.5*1180*(97.22)2

Ek = 5576519.756 J.

The entire speech, from start to finish, is about 8 and a half minutes long, very short.

The wisest decision in WW2 is difficult.

Some of the best would include:

1.) The Allies decision to NOT assassinate Adolph Hitler. His bumbling interference in military decision making did far more harm than good for much of the war.

2.) The decision to win the war in Europe and building up the European theatre of war first (as opposed to building up in the Pacific and going after the Japanese first) was extremely wise. To do otherwise would have likely left the Soviets in contol of all of Europe if they had won the war before we were ready to step foot in Normandy (which would have been a good possibility if we had concentrated on the Pacific first).

3.) My last possible wisest decision was also the most controversial: the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To have done otherwise would have led to a bloodbath on both sides with some estimates of over 1,000,000 dead on both sides. To understand this takes someone who understands the willingness of the Japanese people to sacrifice their lives for the Emporer. I am sure the men that would have been hitting the Japanese mainland beaches would nominate this as the wisest.

I like the third answer the least as number one and two would not only have cost more lives, but could have ended in much different maps of Europe that may not have been in the Allies benefit. The third answer is limited solely to lives lost.

It's debatable whether the Emperor supported it or not, but he did not prevent it. The rest of the Government was effectively controlled by the military, including the position of Prime Minister.

Most of today's people weren't born during those times to be at war with Japan.

Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Australia exported the most pearls to the United States.

The USS Midway (CV 41) just missed the war. The Midway was commissioned September 10, 1945, a week and a half after the Japanese signed the surrender documents. She displaced 45,000 tons as built. She was a straight deck carrier, like all WWII carriers, but was extensively rebuilt in later years and displaced 74,000 tons when she was decommissioned in 1992.

The backbone of US carrier strength was the Essex Class carriers. Twenty-four of these "fleet carriers" were built, beginning with USS Essex (CV 9). They were an improved design of the Yorktown Class (Yorktown, Enterprise, Wasp and Hornet). There were short hull and long hull versions. They displaced about 27,600 tons, 36,380 fully loaded and with fuel tanks full. They were 872 feet long, 93 feet wide, and drew 23 feet of water. Many of the Essex Class ships were also rebuilt with angled flight decks and catapults for jet operation, and served through Vietnam into the 70s.

The only carrier the Japanese completed during the entire war, the Taiho, was slightly larger than the Essex Class. She was sunk on her first patrol by a single torpedo from a US submarine.

In a tiny country in the middle east called Bahrain

There is anaphora: last night... last night...

repetition of the idea of victory

usage of including pronouns (our nation, we, us)

usage of negative connotation words (onslaughter)

It happened on December 7th, in 1941. 1941