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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 Japan thought ht that t attacking the U.S. would provide them an easy win, and a territory with abundant land and resources to rule once they were victorious. The U.S. oil embargo against Japan was hurting Japan s economy

3 Major Combatants Japan - Fleet of 6 Aircraft Carriers under the command of Admiral Nagumo and Admiral Yamamoto - Aerial Assault Force under the command of Mitsuo Fuchida United States - Pearl Harbor Naval/Army Base under the command of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. General Walter C. Short

4 Isoroku Yamamoto- the Japanese commander. Fleet Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Lost two fingers at Tsushima (1905) fighting the Russian navy. He was well aware of what war meant and was a political dove as a result. He believed that fighting was to be avoided and only used as a last resort. But once engaged g in, war had to prosecuted with the utmost strength. A formidable strategist and high calibre military leader he led the move to attack Pearl Harbour. He had visited Italy after the British Navy air strike at Taranto had crippled the Italian navy. He realised the potential of air power.

5 Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel - the US commander. Commander in chief, US Pacific Fleet. He had the responsibility for the ships, planes and personnel of the US navy. In his view steel nets to stop torpedoes were not needed in harbour and merely got in everyones way. He relied upon the army air force to provide defence for him. He only had enough h spotter ( (reconnaissance) planes to cover 30% of the sea around Hawaii.

6 Lieutenant Commander Walter Short - commander of the US Army Air force Responsible for the defense of military installations at Pearl Harbor. He had control of the majority of the airplanes on the base; fighters, bombers and reconnaissance. He had the idea of parking all airplanes close together in the open so that they could be guarded easily against saboteurs. Sabotage was feared because of the number of Japanese people who lived in Hawaii. He had insufficient i reconnaissance planes and was not allowed more despite requests. He set up new chains of command and p didn t tell his superiors. This led to confusion.

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8 Battle Sequence FIVE PHASE ATTACK BY JAPANESE (as noted by the U.S. Navy) PHASE 1: Combined torpedo plane and dive bomber attacks lasting from 7:55 a.m. to 8:25 a.m. PHASE 2: Lull in attacks lasting from 8:25-8:40 a.m. PHASE 3: Horizontal bomber attacks from 8:40 9:15 a.m. PHASE 4: Dive bomber be attacks between 9:15-9:45 9:45 a.m.. PHASE 5: Warning of attacks and completion of raid after 9:45 a.m.

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11 Eyewitness Account Commander Mitsuo Fuchida Veering right toward the west coast of the island, we could see that the sky over Pearl Harbor was clear. Presently the harbor itself became visible across the central Oahu plain, a film of morning mist hovering over it. I peered intently through my binoculars at the ships riding peacefully at anchor. One by one I counted them. Yes, the battleships were there all right, eight of them! But our last lingering hope of finding any carriers present was now gone. Not one was to be seen.

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13 Warfare Used During Attack Japan - 81 Fighter Planes Dive Bombers Horizontal Bombers - 40 Torpedo Planes - At least 5 Midget Submarines

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16 Warfare (continued) United States Fighter Planes (59 not available for flight) - 35 Army Bombers (27 not available for flight) Army/Navy Antiaircraft Guns

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20 USS Arizona

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22 USS Arizona Burning: 1,100+ servicemen died on the ship

23 Eyewitness Account Marine Corporal E.C. Nightingale I was about three quarters of the way to the first platform on the mast when it seemed as though a bomb struck our quarterdeck. I could hear shrapnel or fragments whistling gp past me. As soon as I reached the first platform, I saw Second Lieutenant Simonson lying on his back with blood on his shirt front. I bent over him He was dead d

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25 Eyewitness Account Lt. Ruth Erickson, USN (Nurse) The first patient came into our dressing room at 8:25 a.m. with a large opening in his abdomen and bleeding profusely. They started an intravenous and transfusion. I can still see the tremor of Dr. Brunson s hand as he picked up the needle. Everyone was terrified. The patient died within the hour.

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28 Effects/Outcome Japan dealt a seemingly crippling blow to the U.S. Pacific fleet (U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers: Lexington, Enterprise, & Saratoga were not in port) Japan began their quest for a Pacific empire The U.S. finally was forced to join World War II ( The Sleeping Giant was awakened ) The U.S. & Great Britain declare war on Japan (Dec. 8, 1941) Germany & Italy declare war on the U.S. (Dec. 11, 1941)

29 Casualties Personnel United States Japan Killed Navy Marine Corps 109 Army 233 Civilianili 48 Personnel United States Wounded Japan Navy 710 Unknown Marine Corps 69 Army 364 Civilian 35

30 Casualties Ships United States Japan Sunk or beached 12 5 Damaged 9 Aircraft Destroyed Damaged

31 December 8, 1941 FDR Speech Yesterday, Dec. 7, A date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

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33 Remember Pearl Harbor!

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35 Works Cited ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/hi/military/pearl.txt htm

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