Tension between Japan and the United States started in 1931. Japan had taken over Manchuria, which was then a part of China. In 1937 Japan had started a campaign to conquer the rest of China that was long lasting and didn’t work. In 1940 Japan signed the Axis Alliance with Germany and occupied all of Indochina the next year. The U.S. was worried by Japan’s movements because of economic interests that the United States had in East Asia. The U.S. strengthened military aid to China and increased financial aid. They also built up the military in the Pacific. The U.S. also cut off shipments of oil and raw materials to Japan. Japanese government saw this move as a threat to Japan’s survival because Japan doesn’t have many natural resources. Japanâ

€™s next plan was to take control of the territories of South East Asia that have good amounts of natural resources, even though it would start a war with the United States. (Lord,Walter. Day of Infamy ) (www.history.navy.mil) (http://campus.northpark.edu)

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a bad event, but it did have a positive effect on the outcome of the war. Because America was provoked into the war they turned the tide of the war against the Axis Powers. Some people think that Japanese American Internment Camps came about because the government was motivated by racial prejudice because of the attack, and I think that could be a big reason. From what I read the camps sounded harsh and useless. I think that the decision to drop the atomic bombs was a good one because rather than losing 500,000 Allied lives and probably dragging the war out a few more months it ended in a few days.

Yamamoto devised a clever plan that would have the attacking Japanese follow a storm front and keep strict radio silence to avoid being detected by American radar. The Japanese attack was led by Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and consisted of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, and 2 cruisers. They got within 275 miles of Oahu before they launched their first attack wave at 6:00 AM, which arrived at Pearl Harbor at 7:55 AM and ended their attack at 9:45 AM. The first wave was made up of 49 bombers, 40 torpedo planes, 51 dive-bombers, and 43 fighters. The second wave started shortly after the first wave ended and was composed of 54 bombers, 78 dive-bombers, and 36 fighters. After the first two waves all 8 battleships in Pearl Harbor were sunk or disabled as well as 11 other ships. 164 planes were destroyed and 2,335 military personnel were killed along with 68 civilians. Even though Yamamoto’s plan of attack called for a third wave of attack that would target 4.5 billion gallons of fuel and support facilities Nagumo called off the strike. He t

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