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Pearl Harbor. By:. Introduction. The war was between the japanese and americans. The japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. The US fleet was the only interference to the japanese’ plans. It was on December 7, 1941 when the japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor and took out 2403 US military staffs.
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Pearl Harbor By:
Introduction • The war was between the japanese and americans. The japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. The US fleet was the only interference to the japanese’ plans. It was on December 7, 1941 when the japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor and took out 2403 US military staffs.
Questions • What caused the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor? • How did the Americans react? • How were Japanese and Germans on the same side? • Why did Japan attack the Americans?
Questions (cont.) • How many people died? • Who led the attack? • Was it a conspiracy? • Shouldn’t the US have seen the Japanese ships coming? • Did the Americans want to go to war?
Answers • #1 The Americans cut off the Japanese oil supply. • #2 The Americans fought back with war fleets and plane bombings. • #3 The Germans and Japanese were determined to take over the world. • #4 Americans were the only interference that can stop their way of dominating Asia.
Answers (cont.) • #5 2403 US soldiers died during the bombardment. • #6 Imperial Admiral Yamamoto led the attack on Pearl Harbor so the Japanese can continue their invasion on the Philippines and China. • #7 No one has proven that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a conspiracy.
Answers (cont. #2) • #8 Many believe that the US saw the Japanese fleets coming but let them attack so the public would choose to get into the war. • #9 People say that the government wanted to get into World War II.
Conspiracy Theories • One theory is that FDR wanted to get into the war against the Nazis and the Japanese, but the public didn’t approve. So the government provoked Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, thus getting the public’s side on wanting to get into the war.