Before Attack
What is the name of the Island where the bombing of Pearl Harbor took place?
Oahu, Hawaii
What direction did they attack from?
A. North
B. East
C. South
D. West
What is the north
How many ships were destroyed in Pearl Harbor?
A. 10
B. 21
C. 40
What is 21 ships. All but three were restored.
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.
How long did it take for the United States to declare war on Japan?
1 hour
What was the specific name of the fleet of ships that Japan bombed?
The Pacific Fleet
How many Japanese planes were included in the first attack wave?
A. 90
B. 183
C. 200
what is 183 Japanese planes
How many Japanese planes were used to bomb Pearl Harbor?
A. 160
B. 240
C. 353
What is 353 Japanese planes.
What day was Pearl Harbor attacked?
December 7, 1941
Which other country declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Canada
Why did Japan use the element of surprise when attacking Pearl Harbor.
If the U.S. would have had time to set up defenses the attack would have been ineffective as the U.S. had great defenses that would have taken out the planes and ships before the attack could have occurred.
What did Japan destroy before they started bombing Pearl Harbor?
The Airfields
How many Americans were killed in Pearl Harbor?
A. 2,403
B. 4,030
C. 5,060
What is 2,403 American people
How many minutes spread apart from each wave of planes from the Japanese.
45 minutes
Which two countries declared war on the United States as a result of the Japan attack on Pearl Harbor?
Germany and Italy
Before the bombing where was Japan currently in a war?
Southeast Asia
How many waves of planes did Japan launch during the attack?
Two Waves
What time did the attack take place?
A. 6:32 AM
B. 7:48 AM
C. 9:25 AM
What is 7:48 AM
What day of the week did the Japanese attack?
Sunday
United states dropped two Nuclear bombs on Japan in August 1945 killing over 129,000 and 226,000 people (mostly civilians). What were the two Japanese cities that the nuclear bombs destroyed?
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
the nuclear bombs had Nicknames. "Fat boy" plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapon was dropped on Nagasaki and "Little boy" an enriched uranium gun-type fission weapon was dropped n Hiroshima.
Fat Boy was more powerful but due to where it was dropped it was contained in a valley surrounded by hillsides.
Although for months afterward, large numbers of people continued to die from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. Most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison.
Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 15, six days after the Soviet Union's declaration of war and the bombing of Nagasaki. The Japanese government signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, effectively ending the war.
Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese attack had several major aims. First, it intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference.
Second, it was hoped to buy time for Japan to consolidate its position and increase its naval strength before shipbuilding authorized by the 1940 Vinson-Walsh Act erased any chance of victory. Third, to deliver a blow to America's ability to mobilize its forces in the Pacific, battleships were chosen as the main targets, since they were the prestige ships of any navy at the time.
Finally, it was hoped that the attack would undermine American morale such that the U.S. government would drop its demands contrary to Japanese interests and would seek a compromise peace with Japan
There were 4 types of bombers that the Japanese used during the fight, can you list one?
What is Torpedo planes, level bombers, dive-bombers, and fighters.
How long did the attack on Pearl Harbor last?
Why did the United States dismiss the Japanese planes on their radars?
The United States thought that the planes were American planes coming back from a training session.
Due to the Japanese attacking without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a ___ ____
What is a War crime