Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor attac
Kadri Nutt
11D
Facts
· was a preemptive military strike on the
was
United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii
· by the Empire of Japan's Imperial
Japanese Navy, on the morning of
Sunday, 7 December 1941.
· Two attack waves
· destroyed two U.S. Navy battleships, one
minelayer, two destroyers and 188 aircraft.
· Personnel losses were 2,333 killed and 1,139 wounded
· Very important fuel storage, shipyards, and submarine
facilities were not hit
· Japanese losses were minimal at 29 aircraft and five midget
submarines, with 65 Japanese servicemen killed or wounded.
Reasons
· intent was to protect Imperial Japan's advance
into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies -- for
their natural resources such as oil and rubber --
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