Dbq 11 Pearl Harbor

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On December 7, 1941 at approximately 7:48 a.m., United States naval officer, Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel, commander in chief of the United States Pacific fleet announced an air raid on Pearl Harbor, and that is was not a drill. Japanese planes attacked the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor (Hawaii territory). This attack resulted in the killing of more than 2,300 Americans. A total of twelve ships were sunk and 160 aircrafts were destroyed in the attack. The types of attacks that were carried out by the Japanese were kamikaze attacks, fighter planes, bombers, etc. The day after the horrific attack, President Franklin Roosevelt announced the commencement of the United States going into war. He ushered America into World War

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