Pearl Harbor…

Rutuja Vispute
Nov 2 · 2 min read

Attack of perlarl harbor was a surprise by the Japanese Navy Air Services upon tithe United States.

Date-: December 7 , 1941, 77 years ago.

Location-: Pearl harbour, Honolulu, Hawai, U.S

Commanders and leaders of Japan-:

  • Chuichi Nogumo
  • Isoroku Yamamoto
  • Mitsuo Fuchida

Commanders and leaders of U.S-:

  • Husband E Kimmel
  • Walter Short
  • Robert A Theobald

STRENGTH OF JAPAN-:

  • 8 battleship, cruisers, 30 destroyers, 4 submarines, USCG cultures, 47 other ships, ~390 aircraft.

STRENGTH OF U.S-

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  • 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleship, 2 heavy cruisers, 1light cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 414 aircraft.

CASUALTIES & LOSSES U.S -:

  • 4 battleships sunk, 4 battleship damaged,1 ex-battleship sunk, 1 harbor tug sunk, 3 cruisers damaged, other ships damaged, 188 aircraft destroyed, 159 aircraft damaged, 2335 killed, 1143 wounded.

CASUALTIES & LOSSES JAPAN -:

  • 4 midget submarines sunk, 1 midget submarines grounded, 29 aircraft destroyed, 74 aircraft damaged, 64 killed, 1 sailor captured.

Here are 3 reasons why Japan attacked pearl Harbor-:

  1. An increase need for natural resources

Japan had an increase need for natural resources like oil, minerals and steel as their goals for expansion in Asia and the Pacific increased.

2. Restrictions-:

The US also had an obvious interest in these natural resources, and in response to the Japanese aggression, the U. S congress placed restrictions on doing business with Japan. And if that weren’t enough, Japanese assests in the U. S were frozen.

3. Expansion in the Pacific-:

President Roosevelt moved the US Pacific Fleet from California to pearl Harbor in 1939. This move was a threat to Japan, who wanted to expand in Pacific.

  • Japanese attack force which include 6 aircraft carriers and 420 plane. Japanese sailed without radar to avoid detection.
  • For Japan, pearl Harbor was both a success and failure. Pearl Harbor remove the America part of the deterrent. It made possible the rapid conquest of malaya, the Philippines and the Dutch east indies on other hand, Admiral Yamamoto had hoped to destroy the American carrier force, and this did not happen.
  • December 7, 1941 was a “ Date which will live in infamy” According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The surprise attack on pearl Harbor by the Japanese led the U.S to enter World War II.

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