Historical Significance Of The Movie Pearl Harbor

President F. Roosevelt states, “December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. On December 7, 1641, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. This attack killed more than 2,300 American many of them military personnel. The attack left the base destroyed and the people in shock. This attack lead to United States’ participation in World War II. Michael Bay was selected as the director of the film Pearl Harbor, a film which captures this historic day in American History. In the film, Pearl Harbor, director Michael Bay kept some of the events of the attacks on Pearl Harbor the same but changed some of the locations attacked in order to add suspense and intensity.
In Pearl Harbor, the film had many historically accurate scenes. For example, the Japanese were able to attack the Pearl Harbor base, because of the way they snuck up on the Americans. After the attacks the U.S. Military determined that, “[The Japanese] really did ‘disappear’ from US radars and flood the airwaves with references to every possible target in

Additionally, the way the nurses handled the situation was very similar to the historical events. In times of mass casualties, nurses who were working have a specific way of prioritizing patients so that they are able to treat them and have the best possible outcome. During the attacks on Pearl Harbor “[The] nurses really did mark patients who had received Morphine with an M, as well as mark them with a C for critical, and F for fatally wounded. Also, when they ran out of markers, they really did use lipstick” (“FAQ for Pearl Harbor”). These similarities and many other ones, create a film that is very close to the historical event of Pearl