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PEARL HARBOR

PEARL HARBOR. THE DAY OF INFAMY December 7, 1941. Causes…. The U.S. demanded that Japan withdraw from China and Indochina. Causes…. Japan thought that attacking the U.S. would provide them an easy win, and a territory with abundant land and resources to rule once they were victorious.

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PEARL HARBOR

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  1. PEARL HARBOR THE DAY OF INFAMY December 7, 1941

  2. Causes… • The U.S. demanded that Japan withdraw from China and Indochina

  3. Causes… • Japan thought that attacking the U.S. would provide them an easy win, and a territory with abundant land and resources to rule once they were victorious.

  4. Causes… • The U.S. oil embargo against Japan was hurting Japan’s economy

  5. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Japan's best Admiral in World War II, planned the attack on Pearl Harbor Admiral ChuichiNagumo Commander of a six Carrier Task Force during attack on Pearl Harbor

  6. On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. Japanese Carrier Akagi

  7. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. (The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) U.S.S. Lexington

  8. In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Japanese Carrier Soryu

  9. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. Japanese Zero Fighter

  10. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack. Japanese “Kate” Torpedo Bomber

  11. Japanese Pilots Are Briefed Before Take Off To Attack Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

  12. Japanese Torpedo Planes Taking Off To Begin The Attack On Pearl Harbor

  13. Cruisers Battleships

  14. Japanese aerial photo of the torpedo attack on Battleship Row, December 7, 1941

  15. USS Arizona

  16. Torpedo exploding into USS West Virginia, as seen from Japanese plane

  17. U.S.S. Shaw Explodes

  18. USS Arizona

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