Pearl Harbor surprise attack
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- Flight
- The Attack
- Harbor Destroyed
- The tensions between united states and Japan have lead up to Pearl Harbor. Japan had spent months training and practicing there attack.
- Japan Leaves Victorious
- Japan first strikes at 7:55. The attack lasted only 1 hour and 15 minutes. Bombs and bullets rained down on the harbor, everyone was surprised. It was hard for the navy to defend themselves .A bomb smashed though the deck of a battleship trapping and killing over 1000 men.
- Declares War
- The Harbor is left completely destroyed with 35 subs, 2 heavy,2 light cruisers, 9 oilers, 2 battleships, and 11 destroyers. The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians.
- US Enters WWII
- After destroying Pearl Harbor Japan returns home victorious. There casualties were 29 to 60 planes, five midget submarines, and a little less than 100 men.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a meeting the day after the attack, and formally declared war on japan and there allies.
- 3 days after the attack on pearl harbor the US joins WWII with Germany and Italy declaring war on the US, and vice versa.
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