On December 7, 1941, The Japanese air force attacked the harbor on Oahu Hawaii. The Japanese air force completed their task, but the submarines failed to finish off the wounded ships inside the harbor. The attack itself wasn’t supposed to be successful at all. The Japanese was led by Admiral Nagumo. At 6 A.M the first flight of Japanese came out with the first attack with 83 planes took off. The complete Japanese force consisted of 423 planes. Eighteen U.S ships were hit. 2,335 serviceman died and 68 civilians died. And 1178 were wounded.
We declared war the next day. A U.S embargo on supplies for war prompted the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku planned the attack. Most Japanese planes were only fueled up enough to make it over but not back. The planes took off about 90 min away from Pearl Harbor. The attack brought the US into WWII.
The Japanese fleet had 30 ships. The main reason for the attack was over economic issues. And because of the unpreparedness of the U.S military, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short were relieved of duty. Of the eight battleships that were hit, all but Arizona and Oklahoma were eventually repaired and returned to duty. The next day when war was declared on Japan, Congress all voted to enter the war except one person, Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who also voted against entering WW1.
source:my.ilstu.edu/~jabraun/students/prattwp/facts.htm
www.erikanderson.net/pearlharbor/facts.html
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