During the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese bombed the United States with their air force known as the luftwaffe. This tragic event occurred on the day December 7, 1941 which was a surprise attack at Hawaii’s naval air space. The attack was planned by Japan's General Isoroku Yamamoto because before the attack had even occurred the United States had put in an embargo stopping oil and steel trading. The attack lasted for two hours causing the US to suffer 1,100 casualties and 2,300 deaths while Japan had only lost 55 men and suffered no casualties. After the attack the US had 19 damaged ships including 8 battleships within. On December 8, 1941 president Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech describing how we will remember that day, “a date