Pearl harbour
•Dec.7, 1941 – Attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii
•Not intended to put USA into war
•They thought U.S would be too “soft” to reclaim that territory
•Objective: sink and immobilize U.S. battleships and carriers
•Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid.
•It almost succeeded
•Japanese failures:
•Oil depots weren’t destroyed
•Aircraft carriers are absent
•Submarine pens were not destroyed
•USA declares war on Japan
•Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10
•Not intended to put USA into war
•They thought U.S would be too “soft” to reclaim that territory
•Objective: sink and immobilize U.S. battleships and carriers
•Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid.
•It almost succeeded
•Japanese failures:
•Oil depots weren’t destroyed
•Aircraft carriers are absent
•Submarine pens were not destroyed
•USA declares war on Japan
•Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10
summery
The attack on Pearl Harbor by theEmpire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.
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