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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor. This arrow indicates go to previous slide This arrow indicates go to next slide This indicates to go to first slide. F acts about Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941 2,343 men died, 1,272 were wounded and 960 were left missing

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Pearl Harbor

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  1. Pearl Harbor

  2. This arrow indicates go to previous slide • This arrow indicates go to next slide • This indicates to go to first slide

  3. Facts about Pearl Harbor • Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941 • 2,343 men died, 1,272 were wounded and 960 were left missing • 4 battleships were sank 1 was capsized and another was ran aground in “battleship row”

  4. Facts (Cont’d) • 11 other ships were sunk and 188 planes were destroyed • Only 29 Japanese planes were shot down and 5 midget submarines were lost

  5. Facts (Cont’d) • The Japanese fleet contained about 353 planes in two waves • A third wave was called off • Aircraft carriers the target of the attack were all not at the base • The reason why the third attack was called off

  6. Facts (Cont’d) • The Japanese only attacked ships at Pearl Harbor and planes at Hickman airbase

  7. Facts (Cont’d) • Franklin Roosevelt the president at the time declared 12/7/41 as a “a day that will live in infamy” • The United States declared war on Japan the very next day December 8, 1941

  8. Facts (Cont’d) • Germany and Italy declared war on the United States after that • The United States then declared war on Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941

  9. The attack • The attack occurred on a Sunday, while everyone was off-duty • Everyone was caught completely off-guard • The navy did have radar but it was expecting friendly planes coming through • The navy also discovered a midget submarine washed up on the shore, but did not think much of it

  10. The attack

  11. The flag will always be flown high

  12. Ships sunk during the attack • USS Arizona • USS Oklahoma • USS California • USS West Virginia

  13. Ships sunk (Cont’d) • USS Utah • USS Oglala • USS Shaw • YFD-2 • USS Sotoyomo

  14. Weapons used • The Japanese used a range of all planes from the zero which was a fighter plane to the Val which was a dive bomber • All Japanese planes were launched off a aircraft carrier so no ships were involved

  15. Quiz • Which ship was sank during Pearl Harbor? • A) USS Maryland • B) USS Arizona • C) USS Tennessee

  16. Correct • B) the Arizona was correct it was big loss for the United States

  17. Incorrect • Please try again

  18. True or False • The Japanese suffered heavy losses? • A) True • B) False

  19. Correct • The Japanese lost a total of 29 planes during Pearl Harbor making their losses minimum

  20. Incorrect • The Japanese lost a very minimum number of planes

  21. When was war declared on Japan? • A) December 7th 1941 • B) December 8th 1941 • C) December 11th 1941

  22. Correct • War was declared on Japan on Monday December 8th 1941

  23. Incorrect • Try again

  24. Who was the President at the time? • A) Franklin D. Roosevelt • B) Harry Truman • C) John F. Kennedy

  25. Correct • The answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt

  26. Incorrect • Try again

  27. After Pearl Harbor • What happened after Pearl Harbor was World War 2 which the United States got involved in right away • They immediately began the war in the pacific with the Japanese • They also began fighting with the Allies in North Africa

  28. D-Day • The United States invaded Normandy on June 6th 1944 which is one of the worst days in American history • The beaches were heavily defended and the Allies could not break through the German defenses

  29. World War II • The Allies fought the Axis in World War II and the Allies prevailed • The Allies were United States of America, Soviet Union, Great Britain • The Axis powers were Italy, Japan, Germany

  30. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt13c3olXkU

  31. My video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTwPG1dUoeo&list=HL1361464706&feature=mh_lolz • This video portrays World War II as a whole

  32. Sources • http://history1900s.about.com/od/Pearl-Harbor/a/Pearl-Harbor-Facts.htm • http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-pearl-harbor-dec-7-1941-ill-fated-day-ushistory • http://www.erikanderson.net/pearlharbor/facts.html • http://www.mobile-qr-codes.org/pearl-harbor-facts.html

  33. Sources • http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/pearl/aftermath/facts.htm • http://my.ilstu.edu/~jabraun/students/prattwp/facts.htm • http://www.pearlharborsurvivorsonline.org/html/PEARL%20HARBOR%20AND%20USS%20ARIZONA%20MYTHS.htm

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