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Nick B

Pearl Harbor - World War II - HISTORY.com - 0 views

  • Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote.
  • The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.
  • Most important, almost 2,500 men were killed and another 1,000 were wounded.
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  • Pearl Harbor Awakens the “Sleeping Giant”
  • More than two years after the start of the conflict, the United States had entered World War II.
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    This website Shows what happens at pearl harbor and the effects. It also shows the response of the U.S
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    This website Shows what happens at pearl harbor and the effects. It also shows the response of the U.S
Nick B

On This Day: Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor - 0 views

  • “avoid a charge of ‘attack without warning,’
  • U.S. forces had not received warning by the time the first wave of Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor soon before 8 a.m. A second wave followed an hour later.
  • The American Response
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy.” Congress formally declared war on the Japanese Empire just hours later.
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    this website gives an example of the reactions of the leaders of both nations involved in the attack and what happened.
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