The Second World War began in 1939 and ended in 1945, Britain and France declared war on Germany on the 3rd of September 1939 two days after Germany had invaded Poland of the 1st of September, the two main fighter groups in World War 2 were the Axis nations consisting of Nazi Germany under the rule of Hitler, Fascist Italy led by Mussolini as well as Imperial Japan with their smaller Allies, the other group was the Allied nations, led by Britain and its Commonwealth nations, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America as stated in Source D.The United States was not a member of the Allied nations, prior to 1941 the U.S was neutral but the attacks on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese on the 7th of December 1941 forced …show more content…
the U.S to enter the war thus as Source F says “Awakening the ‘Sleeping Giant”, the attack on Pearl Harbour caused the United Sates to declare war on Japan the following day, three days after this Japan’s allies Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S(Source F), the declaration meant that the United States could now fully assist Britain and France in the European War. BodySource B states that Japans lack of natural resources and the search for alternative supplies led to the attack to the attack on Pearl Harbour and the Pacific War. America had been Japans main supply of natural and industrial resources but due to Japan’s aggression, the United States’ commercial treaty with Japan from 1911 was allowed to lapse in January 1940 (Source B).
Source B further states that later that year the U.S embargoed scrap iron and aviation fuel, this led to Japan Signing the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy in September making them a member of the Axis alliance.The attacks on Pearl Harbour were used as a way to neutralise the U.S pacific fleet long enough to invade targets such as the Philippines, Burma and Malaya also other countries they had named “the Southern Resource Area” (Source C), this would allow Japan to secure the resources that she desperately needed to prevent factory shut downs and its navy being dry docked (Source C), with this attack Japan hoped to U.S President Roosevelt sue for peace due to low morale, Source C also points out that Japan had hoped to negotiate an armistice in a position of power after capturing the Pacific region even though war had not been declared prior to the attacks.The Japanese had been planning this attack for months, the Japanese fleet had left Japan waters o the 26th of November 1941 taking a less direct and longer way to Pearl Harbour perhaps to avoid getting detected, the final orders were received on the first of December by Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo, 6 days later the battle group was in position miles north of Hawaii, by 6 am the first elements of the air attack were ready for what was next (Source L), further proof that the attacks were planned is in Source L as Commander Mitsuo Fuchida says he told the radioman to send the command to attack as he began tapping …show more content…
the ”pre-arranged” code signal: ‘TO, TO, TO...’.Source B states that the attack began at 7:55 A.M on the 7th of December 1941, when the first of two waves of Japanese began their attack in the Pacific island of Oahu, within two hours 21 battleships were attacked, a total of 5 sunk and 16 were damaged and 188 aircraft destroyed whilst Source F offers more detail by saying that at about 8 A.M the Japanese planes were in the air, this is when the attack accompanied by bombs and bullets which struck the below vessels and ten minutes after a 1,800- pound bomb went through the deck of a battleship, landing in her forward ammunition causing the ship to explode then sink taking 1000 plus men with it.By the time the attack was over every battleship in Pearl Harbour including USS Arizona which in Source L is described by Commander Fuchida, who led the first wave , as the first battleship hit, other battleships that were hit include the USS Maryland, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Utah, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Nevada all were damaged badly but the USS Utah and Arizona were repaired allowing the U.S to rebuild their fleet, in total 18 American ships were destroyed or damaged along with 300 airplanes (Source F). Source I tells us that the Japanese one hundred eighty-three aircraft that participated in the first wave of the attack, bomber pilot Abe Zenji is quoted saying “It was like the sky was filled with fireflies”, this tells us just how intimidating the scenes were on that day, although Pearl Harbour did bring a fair amount of damage, the U.S navy was able to recover due to the attack leaving the most vital onshore facilities such as oil depots, repair shops, shipyards and submarine docks intact.This was one of many faults that happened, perhaps the biggest one being the morale boost that was given to the Americans by the attack and for the first time after much debate and discussion the people of America wanted to go to war, the Japanese had inadvertently given the United States a way into to the by trying to prevent them from getting involved. Pearl Harbour might have been a short term success but it should’ve not taken place, Japanese messages were decoded by the army and navy but failure to communicate prevented progress (Source B).In January 1941 intelligence was passed on from Tokyo by Ambassador Grew, it stated that Japan was planning the attack (Source B), there were also warnings in February and July which were overlooked due to them recommending large transfers to Oahu.On the day of the attack the U.S carriers were not there this is also acknowledged by Commander Fuchida as he is quoted saying : “But our last lingering hope of finding any carriers present was now gone.
Not one was to be seen”, Source C sates that they were on assignments at sea one which was to find a Japanese Fleet, which had sailed days later.Pearl Harbour proved a short term success allowing Japan to invade South East Asia without the involvement of America this allowed the Japanese to get the resources they desperately needed so that they could continue fighting the war but although it was good for the short run, it was bad for the long run.The attack on Pearl Harbour meant that the United States could now enter the war in Europe since Germany and Italy, both allies of Japan, had declared war on The United States, this gave the U.S the opportunity to help Britain and France in the European War and as this war and the Pacific war progressed Japan was occupied by a foreign country for the first time
ever. An armistice was being agreed or discussed at the Potsdam conference, Japan refused to surrender this led to U.S President Truman having to resort to desperate measures.On the 6th of August 1945 an atom bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan to try and make Japan surrender but they did not this forced President Truman to send another atom bomb on the 9th of August on the city of Nagasaki, Japan finally making Japan sue for peace which was something they wished to do with the attack on Pearl Harbour.Conclusion This is why Pearl Harbour was a turning point against the Japanese, by attacking the United States Japan put themselves on the losing side the attack on Pearl Harbour made it possible for Japan to be occupied by a foreign country for the first time ever as well as making them the first country to get hit with an atom bomb
To begin, the attack on Pearl Harbour was devastating to U.S. naval capabilities in the Pacific at the onset of their entry into the war. Japanese officials had grown tired of the U.S. oil embargo, which was meant to limit their territorial expansion and aggression in South-East Asia as well as China, and as negotiations weren’t reaching any conclusions they decided that the only course of action was a first strike on the aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbour to cripple U.S. naval capability in the Pacific (Rosenberg 1). The attack, which lasted about two hours, had resulted in the sinking of four battleships, among ...
However, they didn’t know where or how the attack would occur. The surprise attack turned out to be a launch on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This angered Americans to the extent that the US declared war on Japan the next day. Even though the US favored neutrality, the United States was forced to enter war. The progressive violent actions of the Japanese government against the US economic interests are what ultimately triggered the United States’s declaration to enter the war.
The Battle of Pearl Harbor was one of the most atrocious events that happened in U.S. history. On December 7, 1941, Japan made a surprise aerial attack on the United States naval base and airfields at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than two thousand Americans died and a thousand two hundred were wounded. Eighteen ships were badly damaged, including five battleships. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt with the support of the Congress, declared war on Japan. It led United States’ official involvement in World War II. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because of a deteriorating relationship with the U. S. The “New World Order”, expansion and resources, and economic sanctions were factors that conducted to another disaster on the Second World War.
The attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 were the first attacks ever to take place on American soil, the repercussions were devastating for the Japanese Empire; sadly, Pearl Harbor would not be the last threat America faced on her own land. On September 9th, 2011 (9/11) a radical Islāmic terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda attacked America. While America dealt with both of these attacks with unyielding resolve, executing that resolve was what is starkly different between the two tragedies. Pearl Harbor did have some quintessential similarities to 9/11; both attacks unprovoked by America, both provoked public support against aggressors by way of presidential speeches, both lacked prior intelligence on the attacks themselves, both sparked
After World War II began in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the neutrality of the United States. Many people in the United States thought that their country should stay out of the war. The people wanted the Allied Forces to have the victory. President Roosevelt also wanted an Allied victory because an Axis victory might endanger democracies everywhere. The United States equipped nations fighting the Axis with ships, tanks, aircraft, and other war materials. The Axis did not like this. Japan wanted to take over China, but China refused. China was led by Chiang Kai-Shek at the time. Japan wanted the United States to stop sending China supplies, but the United States refused. The United States opposed the expansion of Japan in Asia, so they cut off important exports to Japan.
World War II began on September 1, 1939. It all started when Hitler wanted to expand his territory, and he had planned to invade Poland on this day. Then two years later in 1941 Japan bombed America in which is known as Pearl Harbor and General Eisenhower entered America into World War II. America then joined the Allied powers and helped fight against the Axis powers. The major countries that took part as the Allied Powers in World War II was the United States of America, Great Britain, France, and Russia.Their main goal was to stick together and to defend each other from the attacks of the Axis Powers. The Axis powers consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan.General EIsenhower had been planning an attack on the beaches of Normandy in France.
There were many events that led up to Japan making the decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. It all started with Japan wanting to expand their power. Japan was an island nation, it was isolated from many other nations, and Japan chose to be that way. But by the beginning of the 1900’s Japan was starting to fall apart as it was starting to become short of raw materials. Japan figured if it wanted to survive it would have to expand to get more materials. (O'NEAL 410-413). Japan started trying to take over Asia; they landed in the east coast of China in Manchuria and stationed troops there in order to try to take over northeastern China. ("Japan Launches A Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941"). In reaction to Japan’s landing and hostility towards China the United States, who wanted to keep the open-door policy with China, placed economic sanctions of Japan to slow down Japan’s advances in China. (Higgs). President Roosevelt hoped that these sanctions that the United States put on Japan would lead them to making the mistake of declaring war on the United States (which would also bring Italy and Germany into the attack too since they were all allied) the reason why Rooseve...
Pearl Harbor was arranged by President Roosevelt in 1941, his first order inclosing duty to bring forth the new ships and diminish all carriers. Japan, desperate for resources, imported oil via the United States. The U.S disapproved of Japans divergence with China and as a result, halting supplies for Japan. Realizing the East Dutch Indies would be the next superlative destination to bear oil. Although, wanting to oppose connection with the United States, they detained from war in the East Dutch Indies. The goal of Pearl Harbor was to disarm the American fleet for a few months, therefore bringing hopelessness to the Dutch East Indies and seize resources to finance the war in China and the United States. Before this could occur, the United States admitting wrong and issued formal apologies. Giving $20,000 to each survivor of the Internment Camps in 1988. Granting this will never make up for the terrible conditions and racism that the Japanese-Americans had ...
World War II, also known as the Second World War was fought by Japan, Germany and Italy, also referred to as the Axis powers; that went against the Allies that consisted of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain with help from others. 60 to 80 billion deaths were the result of World War II ("Reasons for American Entry Into WWII"). Initially the United States did not want to interfere with a war going on in a different continent. At the start of the war America began a state of isolationism which kept America away from the war; until its “breaking point”. America’s deviation from isolationism in World War II is what establishes them as a powerhouse country economically an. Also, how America’s growth industrially lead to a post-war boom.
In World War II their were a lot of battles. There were a lot of city’s bombed. How would you feel if you were in World War II ? I would be running from the Japanese and the Natiz . Also I would probably die or hide in a road gutter . The question is what would you do if you were in World War II ?
It’s a beautiful sunny morning, on a tropical island that everyone would love to take a vacation at. It’s approximately 6:00 am, December 7, 1941, when a first group of 181 kamikaze planes attacked; targeting key naval bases stationed at Hawaii; a sustained crippling of U.S. naval forces for about 6 months. The death toll was 2,500. Out of the 9 battleships, 8 were heavily damaged by the assault on Pearl Harbor and out of the 8, three were unrepairable, USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and the USS Utah. 160 aircrafts were put out of commission, and nearly 130 were heavily damaged. This was the first incident in which there was an act of war, committed on U.S. soil, outside of the American Revolution and the Civil War. The world was at war, and the U.S. remained neutral until now. Before the attack, the U.S. was in great debate whether to enter the war or to stay out of it. The act of war forced the U.S. into the War and triggered a controversial debate in whether to retaliate against Japan with the use of nuclear arms.
Now anger was steaming in Japan and they were devising a plan that would cripple America forcing them to get involved in foreign affairs. Yomamoto the military leader for Japan, devised a plan in 1940 to devastate America by taking out Pearl Harbor. The last straw for Japan was when FDR cut off all supplies to Japan this is when Japan devised their plans to take out the U.S. Navy. In 1939 Roosevelt ended the 1911 commercial treaty. In 1940 he signed the export control act that stopped all goods from going to Japan. In July of 1941 Roosevelt froze all of the assets of Japan in the United States. All of these crucial moves made by the United States should have prepared them to expect an attack by the Japanese.
At almost eight o’clock in the morning in the island of Oahu, Hawaii the day of Infamy began. December 7th, 1941 was one of the most devastating attacks on American soil. The day of Infamy, or more commonly known as Pearl Harbor, was an attack on American soil from the Imperial Army. This attack was the final burst of the tension that had been built up between the United States and Japan. To understand the tragic attack it is important to understand the events leading up to it. The United States unrest with Japan started in 1937 through the invasion of Manchuria which began the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan launched a full scale invasion of the Republic of China. The tension between Franklin D Roosevelt and Japan was initiated with
In the morning hours of December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the Hawaiian islands at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had been feeling the pressures of World War II (WWII) as did many others. With the resources of the Japanese dwindling, the Japanese decided to attack the U.S. while simultaneously planning the attack during the negotiations of continued peace between our two countries. The Japanese were able to cover up there planning for nearly a year. Planning for the attack and ultimately war in the pacific, started in January of 1941, and was finalized during the war games in November of 1941. The U.S. on the other hand would become a reactive force after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The inability to crack the Japanese code lead, to a lack of intelligence during this time making the plan of attack for the Japanese a successful one. It would seem that the year of planning and the strategies laid out in the “Combined Fleet Operations Top Secret Order 1” of the Japanese navy would become a reality in the pacific, allowing for an easy sweep of the military targets for the Japanese fleet.
Consequently, Pearl Harbour was a preferred target to attack in order to retaliate the United States. The signing of the Tripartite Treaty with Germany further fuelled Japan’s aggression towards the United States. The Japanese had planned the attack in mind that if the US did engage in war, they would have struggled fighting two fronts. “The causes of the attack on Pearl Harbor stemmed from intensifying Japanese-American rivalry in the Pacific. Japan’s imperial ambitions had been evident from as early as 1931 when she invaded Manchuria.” The United States contribution towards aiding countries in relationships with them accordingly resulted in the attack on Pearl Harbour. At homeland Japan, the Japanese people sought that if the Japanese forces took out America’s naval forces at Pearl Harbour, it would have resulted in no immediate attack on Japan and would have created further havoc for the United States. As a result, Pearl harbour had to inevitably be