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Who is this person in the picture?
Mitsuo Fuchida
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When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
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What major conflict between multiple countries did the Attack on Pearl Harbor lead to?
World War II
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What are some reasons why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Reason #1: an increased need for natural resources
Reason #2: restrictions
Reason #3: Expansion in the Pacific
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What is this a picture of?
The battle of pearl harbor
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How was Mitsuo Fuchida involved in the Pearl Harbor Attack?
He is best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor. Mitsuo was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator.
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Where did this event take place?
The event took place on a US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor located in the US state of Hawaii.
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How were the Japanese Americans treated after the attack?
Japanese in the US were placed in camps due to general distrust of the Japanese.
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Why did Pearl Harbor seem like a good target?
The entire fleet was moored in a single area with little protection, so they could easily be taken out without opposition.
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Approximately how long did the attack last?
Two hours
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Who was the mastermind behind the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Yamamoto Isoroku, the chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet was in charge of the attack. He was a strategist that believed a lengthy war between Japan and the US would end in their loss, so he planned a surprise attack to cripple the US Navy.
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Who was the president during the time of the attack?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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How many battleships and aircraft were destroyed during the attack?
6 battleships sank upright and the 159 aircraft was damaged.
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Why did Japan choose to attack the United States?
By attacking Hawaii and driving the US out of the Pacific Ocean, then the Japanese would have control of the Pacific. Since Japan already controlled many of the other Pacific islands, they wanted to take out the entire US fleet at once to control the ocean in its entirety.
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What other methods of attack did Japan use during this attack
Five midget subs that targeted the battleships
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How was President Franklin Roosevelt involved?
His actions helped after the attack when he helped unite the nation in resolve and hope. He wrote the Infamy Speech to urge congress to formally declare war on Japan and raise the American people’s support of the war effort.
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What was the importance in this attack?
The importance was that the surprise attack on America led to the nation entering World War II.
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How many seamen died and how many were perished?
Over 400 seamen die as the USS Oklahoma sank and over 1,000 perished aboard the USS Arizona.
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What caused Japan’s anger towards the US?
With Japan’s rapid expansion, the US passed economic sanctions (trade embargoes, aircraft exports, oils, scrap metal, and other key goods) to delay their progress. Japan wanted to defend its status as a major world power, so they planned the attack.
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How did U.S service members fight back?
They fought back and managed to fire more than 284,000 rounds of ammunition at the Japanese attackers.
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How did Richmond Kelly Turner contribute to the success of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Turner, the Director of Naval Intelligence, failed to inform Admiral Kimmel about threats hinting at military retribution for political relations.
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What famous phrase does Roosevelt use to refer to Pearl Harbor?
“A date which will live in infamy”
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What was the death toll of the United States citizens?
2403
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Why did Japan want to destroy American fleet units?
To prevent 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.
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What do the words “Tora! Tora! Tora!” symbolize?
(Literal translation is tiger) It was a message to the Japanese navy informing them that they had caught the Americans totally by surprise.