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Pearl Harbor

 

            Pearl Harbor is known to be one of the most terrifying attackevrPearl Harbor is known to be one of the most terrifying attacks ever performed on the United.
             State of America. This attack was assembled by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 (Kimmet.
             12). At the time of these horrendous attacks Pearl Harbor was a military base in the Hawaiian.
             islands. This harbor was home to many soldiers who were based either on ships or at air force.
             bases. Every American citizen was cough by sudden suprise when we were attacked. The.
             question was why did they attack, and why didn't we know about it before all these soldiers were.
             killed?.
             The planning of this terrible attack all began in 1940, when United States moved their.
             military base from the state of California to the islands of Hawaii. These movements done by the.
             Americans made the Japanese very angry and you will soon find out what they did about it. Then.
             the United States decided to take further action, so what they did was cut off trade with the.
             Japanese in 1941. This made the Japanese very furious and the reason being was because they.
             imported eighty percent of their oil from the United States (Kimmer 14). The man who was.
             making all these decisions for our country at the time was the President Theodore Roosevelt.
             While all this decision making was going on in the United States, Admiral Isoroku Yammoto.
             was the commander and the man who was in charge of carrying out the attack of Pearl Harbor.
             (Goldstein 1). He was a fifty-seven-year old man who was very intelligent for his knowledge of.
             the United States Navy. He was very knowledgeable that this attack would be a success for only.
             about six months but he knew after that his country would suffer from the retaliation of the.
             Americans (Kimmer 18). .
             The day of December 7th, 1941 will be known as a tragedy for Americans. On this date.
             the Japanese launched 360 planes right at the target of Pearl Harbor. Their goal was to take the.


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