ipl-logo

Type 11 Pearl Harbor

1832 Words8 Pages

The attack happened on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the attack happened in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The attack was 2 hours in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, there were exactly 21 ships in the U.S. Pacific fleet that had been sunk or severely damaged. There were exactly 188 United States aircrafts that were destroyed and exactly 159 that were damaged. That would make a total amount of 2,403 innocent people that were killed, the majority were the soldiers and sailors. When Japan sent their planes to attack the United States Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, they desired to make themselves look strong, but it made a lot of people think that they are heartless and ruthless.
This attack destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet and this brought the …show more content…

There were also smaller Aichi D3A1 dive bombers and each of these dive bombers carried a single Type 98 land bomb that weighed 551 pounds, these bombs were designated for specific uses, which use was for the airstrips and air bases around Pearl Harbor. When the dive bombers dropped their bombs they joined the A6M Model 21 Zeros in strafing the ground targets with the machine guns that they had a 20-millimeter cannon. Mitsuo Fuchida was the commander of all the attacks that Japan did to the aircraft over Pearl Harbor. He had a Type 93 Model 3 torpedo bomber, but with this first attack wave happened he was just an observer, he flew down the Eastern coast of the Island of Oahu, then he went West toward Pearl Harbor.
The attack on Pearl Harbor had the majority of US fighter planes destroyed by 0800 hours. They were lined up on the airfields to prevent damage, there were also torpedo planes that inflicted most of the damage to the battleships at Pearl Harbor. This attack from the torpedoes lasted for an estimated amount of 11 minutes and was followed by bombers. When Mitsuo Fuchida gave the order to attack Pearl Harbor which was at 0753 hours, he said “Tora Tora Tora” to give the order. …show more content…

They completed their desire and made themselves look strong (at the moment) and killed many Americans. But in the end, the United States went and declared war on Japan, and the United States had won the WWII war. Japan may have looked strong for a while and they may have had Germany and Italy as their allies, but the United States came back with Great Britain, France, and Russia. So, in all, there is an agreement with President Franklin D. Roosevelt that they day Pearl Harbor attack will be “a day which will live in infamy” and hopefully the readers agree as well, and received the answers to the questions they had on why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. An interesting fact is two of the battleships were eventually repaired that they were able to return to the U.S. Navy’s fleet, these two resurrected battleships were the U.S.S West Virginia and the U.S.S California and they completely sank, but they were repaired and

Show More
Related
629 Words | 3 Pages

Rahul Bagga Mr.Campbell US History, Period 0 16 December 2015 Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? One day that will always be remembered by America is the date of December 7, 1941, which changed American history forever. December 7, 1941 was the day the Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) which stationed many of American ships and airfields. Immediately after the bombings, United States President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, leading to a direct involvement into World War ll. Japan had many reason to do so but Japan attacked Pearl harbor for three reasons which were that they had a plan for a new world order, United States were expanding their number of naval ships rapidly, and an oil embargo was placed upon Japan

Read More
929 Words | 4 Pages

The European and Pacific Theatre There were many battles in World War II, all of them being important and having different outcomes. Two main theaters we are focusing on are going to be the European Theatre where the Invasion of Normandy took place, along with the Pacific Theatre where the Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. Both events had major impacts on the outcome of World War II, along with all the other battles we encountered. If ether of these battles turned out differently, America may not have become the amazing beautiful place it is today. The battle of Pearl Harbor occurred early morning in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

Read More
790 Words | 4 Pages

On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The day after the bombing the United States and Britain declared war on Japan. Two months after the bombing President Roosevelt signed an executive order to send all Japanese Americans to concentration camps. America feared that many Japanese Americans would remain loyal to their ancestry in Japan. Over 122,000 Japanese families were evacuated from their communities and sent to internment camps.

Read More
1056 Words | 5 Pages

His plan was able to galvanize the Japanese government into following through with it and attacking the US’s naval base at Pearl Harbor. When Japan’s attack began, its forces arrived on December 7, 1941 and were only 275 miles northwest of Oahu, and at 6:00 A.M. The first wave included 49 bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 51 dive-bombers, and 43 fighter aircraft. The first wave attacked at 7:55 and attack the battleships and Army Corps. ’s

Read More
661 Words | 3 Pages

Everyone knows about Pearl Harbor, however, do people know why? Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 at approximately 7:55 am. 361 Japanese planes attacked the American naval base in Hawaii. During this time, people around the world were witnessing the impacts of WWII. Japan had signed a pact to be allied with Germany and Italy.

Read More
830 Words | 4 Pages

The Pearl Harbor attack referred specifically to the events that occurred on Oahu Island, Hawaii on 7 December, 1941. It was a surprise attack conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against key United States defenses and facilities. The focus of the attack was the U.S. Naval assets located in Pearl Harbor. Primary targets were the U.S. Pacific Fleet destroyer and carrier groups. Secondary targets included aircraft, Navy support vessels, support facilities, and additional targets of

Read More
590 Words | 3 Pages

The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter World War II, and ultimately led to success for the Allies. After the U.S. spent their time aiding both sides in the war with money and weapons, they had to pick a side once the Japanese bombed one of their naval bases in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was a naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. During the attack, there were 102 ships, of which 15 were minorly damaged, 11 were moderately damaged, and 7 ships were sunk. The Japanese felt threatened by the U.S. being present in the Pacific, even though they were around 4,000 miles away from each other.

Read More
1494 Words | 6 Pages

32nd President of The United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The infamous attack happened on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941. It was just before 8:00 a.m when hundreds of Japanese airplanes appeared across the horizon nearing Honolulu Hawaii (“Pearl Harbor”). The attack itself lasted

Read More
957 Words | 4 Pages

“Seeing there was nothing I can do for the lieutenant, I continued to my battle station” is the feeling you get when learning about Pearl Harbor. It was the end of 1941, and America felt it was an untouchable world power. Little did they know that Japan was going to attack them. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese came with their fleet and ambushed Pearl Harbor, which not only killed and wounded many Americans but also changed American history. It weakened America to the point that it lost its sense of invincibility, power and security.

Read More
1139 Words | 5 Pages

Instead of ships using their limited storage space and adding valuable pounds carrying extra fuel, they could make a stop in Hawaii and refuel for the second part of the journey. Hawaii came with Pearl Harbor, but with the acquisition of this new military base, where the United States stationed over one hundred ships, came a new military strike. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces targeted the Hawaiian naval base of Pearl Harbor, sinking or severely damaging five battleships, three destroyers, seven other boats, and wrecking more than 200 planes. The United States retaliated, going into World War II, which then resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of

Read More
1559 Words | 7 Pages

Almost two weeks earlier than the attack, the Japanese sent a total of 183 different kinds of planes towards Pearl Harbor. The aircrafts came to Pearl Harbor in total secrecy (“Attack” para 10). The Japanese convinced the U.S. Navy that they stayed at Japan and waited for the U.S. to move. If Admiral Kimmel heard any hatred, they would move to Japan (Hanyok para 11). As the Japanese fleet left the Kuril Islands, a guy by the name of Nagumo stated the any non-Japanese ships that had come in contact with one of the Japanese vessels would be destroyed immediately before sending any messages (Chen para 4).

Read More
179 Words | 1 Pages

The 33.46 feet plane, Aichi, was one of the planes used on that very tragic day. Aichi two places where bombs could go. There was a bomb under the fuselage which was 551 pounds. There was also bombs under each wing which was 132 pounds.

Read More
1231 Words | 5 Pages

On, December 7th, 1941 Japanese forces bombed and attacked Pearl Harbor. Japanese forces used aircraft carriers, fighter planes and submarines. There were two waves as aircrafts that flew different routes at different times. The first wave included 183 aircrafts and the second wave included 170 aircrafts. They bombed and dropped torpedoes on vessels and aircrafts.

Read More
218 Words | 1 Pages

What do you know about Pearl Harbor…? Pearl Harbor was a devastation to Americans. lives were lost, ships and planes were damaged and destroyed. The Japan attacked Pearl to insure safety for japan. December 7, 1941 was the horrific day when the Japanese attacked Hawaii.

Read More
502 Words | 3 Pages

The attack force consisted of six aircraft carriers, two battleships, three cruisers, and a number of destroyers and submarines. The attack was launched at dawn, with the first wave of Japanese planes hitting the base at 7:55 a.m. local time. The attack on Pearl Harbor was devastating.

Read More

More about Type 11 Pearl Harbor

Related Topics

Open Document