The Battle Of Pearl Harbor
Published on Dec 15, 2015
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The Battle Of The Pearl Harbor By; Jasmine Ferguson & Austin Church
Mr. Crossman, 2nd Block, U.S History, 4/22/15
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The outcome of the Pearl Harbor,
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor without warning, catching the U.S. servicemen there, especially those who were sleeping, off-guard. After two hours of bombing, 18 U.S. ships had either been sunk or damaged, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, and 2,403 U.S. non-combatants (neutral military personnel and civilians) were killed.
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Map of the battle site,
Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.
Who, What, When, Where, Why and how?
The injured and killed,
188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded.
Weapons used in the battle,
The weapons used during the attack on Pearl Harbor included bombs, torpedoes, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. The Japanese bombs and torpedoes were dropped by numerous aircraft, including B5N2 bombers and Aichi D3A1 dive bombers. The Japanese also used A6M Model 21 Zeros to strafe airbases around Pearl Harbor.
How the battle could of had a different outcome?
If the U.S would have stuck to the neutrality treaty and everything that applied to the treaty. It would have not of lead up to the Pearl Harbor attack and then eventually WW2.
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