* Date: December 7, 1941.


* Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, U.S.


* Result/Aftermath:

Japanese major tactical victory.

U.S. declaration of war on the Empire of Japan.

Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.

United States declares war on Germany.

United States declares war on Italy.

Entrance of the United States of America into World War II.

* Commanders and leaders:

U.S.: Husband E. Kimmel, Walter Short.

Japan: Chuichi Nagumo, Isoroku Yamamoto.


* Casualties and losses.

U.S.

2 battleships totally lost.
2 battleships sunk and recovered.
3 battleships damaged.
1 battleship grounded.
2 other ships sunk.
3 cruisers damaged.
3 destroyers damaged.
3 other ships damaged.
188 aircraft destroyed.
159 aircraft damaged.
2,403 killed.
1,178 wounded.

Japan.

4 midget submarines sunk.
1 midget submarine grounded.
29 aircraft destroyed.
64 killed.
1 captured.


The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against theUnited States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan planned in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the next seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four sunk. All but Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Important base installations such as the power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of theintelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 64 servicemen killed. One Japanese sailor, Kazuo Sakamaki, was captured.

The attack took place before any formal declaration of war was made by Japan, but this was not Admiral Yamamoto's intention. He originally stipulated that the attack should not commence until thirty minutes after Japan had informed the United States that peace negotiations were at an end. The Japanese tried to uphold the conventions of war while still achieving surprise, but the attack began before the notice could be delivered. Tokyo transmitted the 5000-word notification (commonly called the "14-Part Message" ) in two blocks to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, but transcribing the message took too long for the Japanese ambassador to deliver it in time. (In fact, U.S. code breakers had already deciphered and translated most of the message hours before he was scheduled to deliver it.) The final part of the "14 Part Message" is sometimes described as a declaration of war. While it neither declared war nor severed diplomatic relations, it was viewed by a number of senior U.S government and military officials as a very strong indicator that negotiations were likely to be terminated and that war might break out at any moment. A declaration of war was printed on the front page of Japan's newspapers in the evening edition of December 8, but not delivered to the U.S. government until the day after the attack.


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I used to be a fan of war movies until I watched Black Hawk Down now I cringe at any scene of war.

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And America replied by bombing Hiroshima. Japan planned the attack to happen on a Sunday when the American soldiers were least prepared but the payback was brutal.

I still don't understand why the movie failed at the box office, it was a masterpiece. I watched it over five times and became a fan of Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.

The Japanese attacked in two waves. The first wave was detected by U.S. Army radar at 136 nautical miles (252 km), but was misidentified as USAAF bombers arriving from the American mainland.


The first attack wave of 183 planes was launched north of Oahu, led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida. Six planes failed to launch due to technical difficulties. It included:

*. 1st Group(targets: battleships and aircraft carriers).

*. 49 Nakajima B5N Kate bombers armed with 800 kg (1760 lb) armor-piercing bombs, organized in four sections (1 failed to launch).

*. 40 B5N bombers armed with Type 91 torpedoes, also in four sections.

*. 2nd Group (targets:Ford island and wheeler Field)

*. 51 Val dive bombers armed with 550 lb (249 kg) general-purpose bombs (3 failed to launch).

*. 3rd Group (targets: aircraft at Ford Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Barber's Point, Kaneohe)

*. 43 Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters for air control and strafing (2 failed to launch).

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Second wave composition.

The second wave consisted of 171 planes: 54 B5Ns, 81 D3As, and 36 A6Ms, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki. Four planes failed to launch because of technical difficulties. This wave and its targets comprised:

*. 1st Group– 54 B5Ns armed with 550 lb (249 kg) and 132 lb (60 kg) general-purpose bombs.

*. 27 B5Ns – aircraft and hangars on Kaneohe, Ford Island, and Barbers Point.

*. 27 B5Ns – hangars and aircraft on Hickam Field.

*. 2nd Group(targets: aircraft carriers and cruisers).

*. 78 D3As armed with 550 lb (249 kg) general-purpose bombs, in four sections (3 aborted).

*.3rd Group– (targets: aircraft at Ford Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Barber's Point, Kaneohe).

*.35 A6Ms for defense and strafing (1 aborted)The second wave was divided into three groups. One was tasked to attack Kāneʻohe, the rest Pearl Harbor proper. The separate sections arrived at the attack point almost simultaneously from several directions.

Arizona during the attack.

A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero"fighter airplane of the second wave takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagion the morning of December 7, 1941.

Zeroes of the second wave preparing to take off from Shōkakufor Pearl Harbor.

Battleship USS California sinking. California was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes. The crew might have kept her afloat, but were ordered to abandon ship just as they were raising power for the pumps.

Battleship USS West Virginia took two aerial bombs, both duds, and seven torpedo hits, one of which may have come from a midget submarine.

A heavy toll: In a flooded drydock the destroyer Cassin lies partly submerged, leaning against another destroyer. All eight battleships were damaged, with four sunk.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against theUnited States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

No! It wasn't a surprise military strike. It a was deliberate attack planned by Amerika just like they told Saddam Hussein “we have no position regarding Arab vs Arab conflict” when Saddam told them he was considering taking military action against kuwait to drive them out of the Rumalia oilfield.

Glaspie & John Kelley(Assistant Secretary of State) were both lying and giving Saddam the green light to attack Kuwait.

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It wasn’t the first time a US President allowed bloodshed to provide a pretext for economically beneficial war, nor would it be the last. Bush’s “no response” to Saddam was reminiscent of the actions of FDR which led to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and US entry into WWII.

A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83% of Americans were against US involvement in the war (WW2).

The London banker crowd wanted US intervention to help cement the US/Britain “special relationship”, which serves as the neo-colonial paradigm of the day. FDR was himself a Wall Street insider. He only launched his populist New Deal to put a lid on revolutionary public anger caused by the Crash of 1929.

His uncle Frederic Delano was a member of the first Federal Reserve Board.

The 33rd Degree Mason and CFR insider needed a pretext to provide US troops for the defense of European monarchs, to which every Mason pledges his allegiance, wittingly or not.

CFR started the ball rolling by encouraging FDR to send aid to China and to squeeze Japanese trade via naval blockades.

FDR ordered the Pacific Fleet moved to vulnerable Pearl Harbor despite numerous intelligence reports of looming Japanese aggression and over the objections of Admiral James Richardson.

In 1932 and 1938 the Navy conducted exercises in the presence of Japanese military attachés, simulating the destruction of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Six Japanese aircraft carriers disappeared from radar after seen sailing towards the US.

US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall sent an ambiguous message to Pearl Harbor military commanders on November 27, 1941 that read,

“Hostile action possible at any moment. If hostilities cannot be avoided the US desires that Japan commit the first overt act.” [8]

Warnings came from,

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover

US Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew

Brigadier General Elliot Thorpe in Java

British and Dutch intelligence

On December 6th, US intelligence told Roosevelt that the Japanese carriers were 400 miles from Hawaii.

Still, Roosevelt left most of the Pacific Fleet in port. On the night of December 6th, George Marshall and Navy Secretary Frank Knox huddled at the White House with FDR.

Both later testified that they “did not recall their whereabouts”.

While battleships and destroyers remained at Pearl Harbor, the more strategic aircraft carriers were moved. Not one was in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. FDR knew air power was the key to defeating Japan. The “surprise” Japanese attack went forward and 2,400 Americans paid for the FDR deception with their lives. Another 1,200 were injured.

The next day FDR addressed the nation and called for a declaration of war. Pearl Harbor ended US isolationism once and for all.

FDR stated his position in a trans-Atlantic telephone conversation with British Prime Minister and fellow 33rd Degree Freemason Winston Churchill, stating,

“A Japanese attack on us, which would result in war… would certainly fulfill two of the most important requirements of our policy… What I don’t know, can’t hurt me”. [9]

As Professor Stuart Crane put it,

“If you look back at every war in Europe you will see that they always ended up with the establishment of a balance of power. With every reshuffling there was a balance of power in a new grouping around the House of Rothschild in England, France or Austria.

Conclusion: Everything Amerika stands for is LIES, CHAOS, ANARCHY & BETRAYAL.

Sign me up: Young men line up to volunteer at a Navy Recruiting station, Boston, Massachusetts, the day after the Pearl Harbor attacks.

Crowds flock to the White House seeking news on the day of the attacks.

USS Arizona: Seen in 2002, the battleship rests beneath the sea, visible from above and to visitors who come to pay their respect to the dead.

Explorers:
The Japanese attacked in two waves. The first wave was detected by U.S. Army radar at 136 nautical miles (252 km), but was misidentified as USAAF bombers arriving from the American mainland.


The first attack wave of 183 planes was launched north of Oahu, led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida. Six planes failed to launch due to technical difficulties. It included:

*. 1st Group(targets: battleships and aircraft carriers).

*. 49 Nakajima B5N Kate bombers armed with 800 kg (1760 lb) armor-piercing bombs, organized in four sections (1 failed to launch).

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the attack was a mistake that hunt the Japanese till date.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the declaration of war against Japan and later German and Italy on the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

dominique:
And America replied by bombing Hiroshima. Japan planned the attack to happen on a Sunday when the American soldiers were least prepared but the payback was brutal.

I still don't understand why the movie failed at the box office, it was a masterpiece. I watched it over five times and became a fan of Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.

Yea, two cities were wiped out in Japan 4yrs laters, killing over 200,000. I've not seen that movie.

Before and after the hit. The USS Oklahoma was hit with nine torpedoes in the assault, which caused the boat to tip over and capsize - trapping many inside

Japanese bomber pilots receive their orders on board an aircraft carrier prior to commencing their mission of bombing Pearl Harbour.

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Date: August 6 and August 9, 1945.

Location: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Empire of Japan.


* Casualties and losses:

U.S.

20 U.S., Dutch, British prisoners of war killed.

Japan.

Hiroshima:

*. 20,000+ soldiers killed.

*. 70,000 – 146,000 civilians killed.

Nagasaki:

*. 39,000 – 80,000 killed.

Total: 129,000 – 246,000+ killed.



The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
On August 6, the U.S. dropped a uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima. American President Harry S. Truman called for Japan's surrender 16 hours later, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosions-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison.

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Yea, two cities were wiped out in Japan 4yrs laters, killing over 200,000. I've not seen that movie.

dominique:
And America replied by bombing Hiroshima. Japan planned the attack to happen on a Sunday when the American soldiers were least prepared but the payback was brutal.
I still don't understand why the movie failed at the box office, it was a masterpiece. I watched it over five times and became a fan of Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.

Explorers:


Yea, two cities were wiped out in Japan 4yrs laters, killing over 200,000. I've not seen that movie.

What's the tittle of the movie ?

U.S. Army poster prepares the public for the invasion of Japan after ending war on Germany and Italy.

The targets.

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I've watched it before for like three times now, very historic and interesting, which part of the history did the movie omit ?

Japanese radar operators detected a small number of incoming US planes (one of which carried the nuclear bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki), but decided not to intercept them as the small number of planes were not seen as a threat.

Cockpit of Enola gay.

*. About 12 cyanide pills were kept in the cockpit of the Enola Gay (plane carrying A-bomb), and pilots were instructed to take them if the mission was compromised during the bombing of Hiroshima.


*. Only 3 of the 12 people on board the Enola Gay actually knew the real purpose of their mission to Hiroshima.



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