Japan+in+WWII

= Japan in WWII =

 ====The bombing of Pearl Harbor happened at 8:00 am on December 7, 1941. This attack enraged the US and encouraged them to join WWII. A lot of people lost their lives that day and as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said [|" The day that will live in infamy."] ====


==== Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because the Japanese did not want the US to join WWII and the United States [|stopped shipments of airplanes, machine tools, and gasoline] which Japan thought was an unfriendly deed. Admiral Yamamoto's (Japan) first plan was to attack Hawaii thirty minutes after Japan had contacted the US to say that they thought that peace between them was at an end. The attack did not go according to plan. The message was received and read after the attack had already started. ====


==== Japa n did a lot of damage, overall they sank or damaged 8 US Navy battleships and destroyed 188 US aircraft. 2,402 American people were killed and 1,282 were wounded. When the USS Arizona sank 1,300 people died. Only 29 Japanese aircraft were lost and 65 Japanese were killed or wounded. ====


====The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a very well planned attack. The Japanese planned everything thoughtfully and went over a lot of detail. The first wave of attack targeted ships that could interfere with Japan's plans like the USS Arizona. Whatever the first wave didn't finish the second wave took over. Even though the attack went according to plans Admiral Yamamoto said, [|" I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."] ====