Pearl+Harbor

 Pearl Harbor 7:00 am December 7, 1 941, the day that all American’s will remember, the day America was attacked. It was a peaceful day in paradise a Sunday morning when many people were asleep hoping to see what Sunday would bring them, but little did they know that this day would be the darkest day of their lives. Japanese fighter pilots were 10 miles away from the Hawaiian islands. Then 7:00 hit when all hell was unleashed. The Japanese plane ripped apart the sky and started to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. Those near the base woke up quickly, wondering what all the commotion was about. They were being attacked. Siren s tore the sky signaling everyone that the base was being attacked. Many military officials hopped on turrets and started to fight back trying to take the Japanese airplanes down but there was no hope. Boat’s were bombed, and after the Japanese left the only thing that was left were scraps of metal from the battle ships that were bombed, thousands were killed, many were injured and wounded. Nothing was left. Little did the Japanese know that they had waken a sleeping giant “America”. The war with Japan had just begun, it was inevitable. The conflict with Japan was inevitable. Japan had attacked the United States, there was no way the U.S was going to back down; therefore they attacked back. During [|World War 2] the United State was a by stander. The conflicts in Europe had no American intervention. Japan at the time was taking over Asia. [|Japan had invaded several] countries in Asia. Japan needed more resources to help them advance and become a stronger nation. Obtaining more land and resources was the only way for them to gain power. Japan felt threaten by the United State because it was a strong nation that could potentially stop them. The United State had strong pacific fleets in [|Pearl Harbor], Japan feared that the United State would create a blockade, and prevent Japan from expanding and receiving goods from other countries. Japan therefore did what it sought best and attacked the U.S Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor. The attack had been a complete surprise for the U.S and a blow to its people and economy. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president during this time. It was only two days after that [|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]declared war on Japan. The country has just gotten out of a depression. [|The Great Depression] started in 1930, it was then that the [|stock market crashed]. Many were left unemployed and more than 40% of the nation’s banks were bankrupt (McDougal Littell.) Franklin D Roosevelt was elected as president in 1932. As president during this time FDR found himself trying to get his people back on their feet and to get out of the depression. Franklin created various projects to employ the American people. This lowered the unemployment rate and was step towards rebuilding the nation. It was 1939 when things were looking up for the U.S and the [|depression] had passed. Unfortunately soon after, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and Roosevelt made the decision to go to war with Japan. It wasn’t until the United State announced that it was at war with Japan that they noticed how strong the Japan had become. At this point they also realized that Japan had taken over almost all of Asia. The U.S and Great Britain created an alliance to take down Germany and Japan. Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor they had other plans, of taking control of Asia and using their resources to help them become a stronger nation and to expand. "Under the leadership of Minister of War [|Hidek Tojo]Japan’s objective was to establish a defensive perimeter." “The perimeter was to expand from the Jurile Islands northeast of and various other countries surrounding Japan that Japan wanted to take over. Japan tried drive out the western power and free the nation from its dependence on western oil, rubber, and other resources. “This strategy however was bringing him closer to conflict with the Western powers.” Tojo was convinced that the West was to starve Japan in submission.  In September 1941 the [|Untied State Secretary Cordell Hill] demanded that Japan withdraw it troops from China and Southeast Asia. Many Japanese military leaders wanted to go war with the United State because it was a strong nation at the time (O'NEAL, MICHAEL J.) On November 26,1941 the Japanese navy set sail to Pearl Harbor, at the time most of Untied State pacific was docked. The Japanese fleet was traveling under strict radio silence. The battle ships contain six aircraft carriers, two battleships and various other types of vehicle like airplane ready to attack the United States. The morning of December 7, 1983 torpedo bombers and dive-bombers took off from the aircraft carriers. 7:49 the attacked began once it 8:12 much of the Untied State pacific fleet had been sunk. At 9:00 another wave of bomber came to finish off what the first wave had started (O'NEAL, MICHAEL J.). An hour later the untied state pacific fleet was crippled. The [|attacked on Pearl Harbor]was over around 1:00 the carriers that launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were heading back to Japan. What was left behind them was chaos, 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific Fleet that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships. Two days later after the attack on December 9th the United States declared war on Japan. Peal Harbor was a very important military asset of the Untied State at the time the United had the strongest pacific fleet. Pearl Harbor was a naval base. In 1875 attention was called to Pearl Harbor as a defensive post for Hawaii and for the west cost of the Untied State (Charles Scribner's Sons). Two years later the Hawaii government granted the Untied State exclusive use of Pearl Harbor as a fueling and naval repair station (Charles Scribner's Sons). Then 1919 a dry dock was build and completed and 1926 the channel was widen and deepen. Pearl Harbor was designated as a military and airplane base and all needed facilities were establish including animation dumps, machine ships, radio tower and other items that are need at a naval base. Pearl Harbor also served as a port of observation in the mid pacific as a defensive look out for the west coast of Untied State an Alaska a base for pacific fleet. Overall the conflict with Japan was inevitable, the United State as a country had to make it move and it was to go to war with Japan and thus leading into entering World War two. Pearl Harbor became a very important part of history.