Attack on Pearl Harbour...?

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When -

What Happened -

Casualties -

Who was involved -

Rumours -

Rulers -

Long term effects -

Cultural impact -

Japanese strategy and plans -

I would be grateful for any info. on these subjects. I am at school so please speak in a language i can understand.

Answer 1

You gotta be kidding, right? There's hundreds of websites about it, like for example, check out:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

Just copy and paste the above URL into your browser and you're good to go.

Answer 2

Why - Japan wanted to become a major power in the Pacific. Japan is not endowed with a lot of natural resources. As their population expanded so did their needs. Oil was one of the major commodities they did not have. So they wanted to control the Pacific so they could get the oil that was controlled by the Dutch. To do this the Japanese had to stop the Americans from stopping them. They figured that if they could destroy our fleet at PH they could discourage the Americans from challenging them.

When- December 7, 1941.

They destroyed or severely damaged many of our battleships. They wanted to destroy our aircraft carries probably more but fortunately they were out to sea on maneuvers.

Casualties- about 2300

Who was involved-the U.S. and the Japanese only.

Rumours- the battleshiips were lined up purposely to invite an attack so they would be destroyed and draw the U.S. into WW2. People felt that President Roosevelt was responsible for this thinking. People also felt that we had a warning that the warning was known about by the President but he ignored it for the same reason cited above. These are the top two rumors. They still persist today despite much proof to the contrary. Admiral Yamamoto, one of Japan's greatest admirals felt such an attack was the wrong thing to do that it would only make us from a Paper Tiger to a formidiable foe.

Rulers - President Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA) and Emperor Hirihito (Japan).

Long term effects - Thanks to General MacArthur, Japan became more of a democracy. Japan is now a major ally of the US and an economic power (see all the Hondas around?)

Cultural impact - made Japan more westernized, a major power in the Pacific, lessened the workshiping and reliance upon the Emperor, and gave them the freedom and means to become an economic super power.

Japanese Strategy and Plans - Japan was already at war in China and Manchuria. Strategy was to destroy the American fleet and occupy the islands throughout the Pacific as an obstacle that would have to be overcome the U.S. if we decided to fight. Again oil was important.

I hope this enough. I suggest you read "Eagle Against the Sun" by Ronald H. Spector a reknowned military author of the Pacific War.

Answer 3

The Japanese attacked the American fleet at Pear Harbor, Oahu, Hawai'i on Dec. 7, 1941 causing approximately 2500 deaths, including approximately 1500 on the battleship Arizona. The American battleship fleet was decimated but the American carriers were not in port and were not struck. Rumors following the attack indicated a further attack from the see by Japanese troops but this never materialized.

The Japanese strategy was to cripple, or eliminate the naval forces of the United States in th Pacific in hopes of bringing about more favorable trade negoitations.

Emperor Hirohito approved the battle strategy that was developed by Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a stirring speech before a joint session of Congress the next day, saying that "Dec. 7, 1941 is a day that will live in infamy."

This attack put the United States on a wartime footing against Germany, Italy and Japan...the "Axis Powers" and on the side of Great Britain, France and the USSR as the "Allied Powers. With the exception of the USS Arizona, the other damaged and sunk battleships were raised and put back into action against the Japanese.

The ultimate loss of the war by the Japanese resulted in wholesale changes in Japanese government, changes in social norms including women's sufferage and devastation from two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Answer 4

Most of the answers to these questions can be easily found on Wikipedia.org. I will not 'spell them out' for you since you are probably doing a book report or research on this subject and that would circumvent the learning you are supposed to be acquiring through this excercise.

Non-Fiction/Historical
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon W. Prange is an extremely comprehensive account of the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. It is a balanced account that gives both the perspective of the Japanese and United States. Prange spent 37 years researching the subjects by studying documents about Pearl Harbor and interviewing surviving participants to attempt the most exhaustive truth about what happened to bring the Japanese to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor, why the United States intelligence failed to predict the attack, and why a peace agreement was not attained. The Village Voice said about At Dawn We Slept, "By far the most exhaustive and complete account we are likely to have of exactly what happened and how and why."

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: An Illustrated History by Larry Kimmett and Margaret Regis is a careful recreation of the "Day of Infamy" using maps, photos, unique illustrations, and an animated CD. From the early stages of Japanese planning, through the attack on Battleship Row, to the salvage of the U.S. Pacific fleet, this book provides a detailed overview of the attack

Answer 5

Japan attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbor because it was the only serious threat to its own fleet and because the US moved its fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor in case of hostilities with Japan. December 7th, 1941. On Sunday Morning, the Japanese launched an attack from carriers northwest of Pearl harbor and devistated the US fleet. Luckily the US aircraft carriers were gone delivering fighters to Midway island in case of a Japanese attack. They did not forsee the Japanase attacking their main base! Admiral Yamamoto lead the Japanese attack. Rumors are that the US knew the attack was going to happen and let it happen so that we had a reason to enter the war. The Us was led from FDR and the Japanese were led by their Emperor, Hirahito. The long term effects were World War Two, which led to the cold war, which led to the war on terror we are fighting now. Culturally, after the war the Japanese and Germans were not allowed to spend money on offensive weapons so they focused on their economies and became powerhouses. The Japanese strategy was to knock out the American fleet in one attack so that they could remain in control of the South pacific Islands which were full of resouces they needed for their war efforts in China.
Hope I helped. If you need more, let me know.

Answer 6

why-Japan wanted to take out US military because they were looking to expand their imperialism and US was naval base in Pearl Harbor was in the way and posed a potential threat. They believed that if they took out PH US wouldn't be able to bounce back, or at least not in time to stop Japan from expanding.

when-December 7, 1941..."a day that will live in infamy"

what happened-they bombed us, really good. sunk several of our destroyers

Rulers-FDR was our president at the time, not sure about Japan

Rumors-Later on there was rumor that FDR knew about the attack and allowed it as a way to get into WWII-NOT TRUE and 99% of all historians/professors will attest to that.

Long term effects-We entered the war, the next day Germany declared war on us, too.

Cultural impact-the idea of "fortress America" disovled because they attacked us on our own land. It was believed that this was impossible, so much so that even when the Japaness planes showed up on radar, nothing was done to stop them because they figured it was just our planes (which were expected to be coming in but later that day).

that's all i know, hope it helps

Answer 7

Go to wikipedia.com to find your answer cuz this seems like your homework. But I'm being nice today so here are the answers:
why:cuz the us stopped selling them crude oil products and made an embargo on Japan
When:december 7, 1941
What happened:over 4 thousand japanese planes were sent to attack pearl habor and they sunk us battle ships.
casualties:about 5 thousand +
who was involved:Japanese planes and civilians of Pearl Harbor and US soldiers
rumors:this attack was known to be happened by the President but he let them attack cuz he wanted to enter into ww2
rulers:Dictator of Japan; Togo
long term effects:Battle ships destroyed and many families lost
cultural impact:what the heck are you asking?
Japanese strategy and plans:they plan to attack the us port to destroy the ships but it wasn't smart of them cuz the us had a lot of harbors

Answer 8

eastern attacked pearl harbor because of the fact of motives at the same time with oil embargo imposed by US because of the fact Japan occupy China yet unknown to every person previously the attack by Japan Imperial military to Pearl harbor the Civilian chief human beings and few chosen Naval Commander or Mil Ldr have a pre-hand previously the attack that s why their airplane provider weren't around in the process the attacked. the U. S. is usual with of in develop approximately time and while and strenght of JIN because of the fact they have already deciphered or decoded the radio or the U. S. have get admission to to their JIN verbal substitute between their civilian leaders and militia ldrs. the U. S. has a suitable sign intelligence and human intelligence even while US at conflict with China, China would be defeated cuase their verbal substitute replaced into already debugged by US long term in the past. Now you are able to no longer try this if no longer of the elite human beings or conglomerate businessman who has means even the management of China and mil ldrs are under of their sphere of impression alongside with the U. S.. My end subsequently is company if China does not behaved they are doomed for destruction.

Answer 9

At that time it was the emperor and the military in Japan who convinced all the citizens that it was the right thing to do that US was not good. Of course the strategy was for world power, you can read more on that piece yourself. Long term effect. the treaty said basically that Japan could not have its own military. That is why today you see they have focused much more on other things like electronics, business and becoming the best in other ways. US retained its military bases near Japan.

Answer 10

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack. On the morning of December 7, 1941, planes and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began a surprise attack on the U.S. under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. Despite long-standing assertions that this attack could have been predicted and prevented by the United States Military, the US forces at Pearl Harbor appeared to be utterly unprepared, and the attack effectively drew the United States into World War II. At 6:09 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed mainly of torpedo bombers, dive bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters. The Japanese hit American ships and military installations at 7:55 a.m. They attacked military airfields and at the same time they hit the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The Battleship Arizona was hit with an armor piercing bomb which penetrated the forward ammunition compartment, blowing the ship apart. Overall, twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific fleet were damaged and the death toll reached 2,403, along with 68 civilians and 1,178 injured. Of the military personnel lost at Pearl Harbor, 1,177 were from the Arizona. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared Dec. 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy."

Answer 11

You should check out the National Park Service website on Pearl Harbor www.nps.gov/usar

Its pages are very user friendly, and contain answers to a lot of your questions.