Transcript PEARL HARBOR - Rutherford County Schools

THE DAY OF INFAMY
DECEMBER 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor from the
Cockpit of a Japanese
Plane
Events Before War Is Declared
 Made TN join the Civil War
 Made the US go to war with the Spanish
 Made the US enter WWI
 Hmmm…what would make America enter the
WWII?
Japan v.s. the US
 Japan needed____________ to fight the war with
China.
 The US stopped all oil sales in July of 1941 with
Japan
 Japan wanted to conquer the Philippines, a U.S.
Colony.
 HOWEVER, if they did, they were sure to be attacked
by the Hawaiian fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Flag
Kamikaze:
Japanese suicide
missions
Harvard Graduate
and
US Navy
General
Yamamoto
planned Pearl
Harbor.
Japanese take off
Pearl Harbor
“This Is No Drill”—Sunday Morning
 Dec. 7th, 1941, the Empire
of Japan attacked the
Naval Base on the
Hawaiian Island of Oahu
 At 7:55 am (1st Wave),
the Japanese carried out
a “surprise” attack on
American warships
 8:40-(2nd Wave)
 Target-Air Craft
Carriers-but all 3 were at
sea on a training exercise
Causalities
 2,335 Servicemen Killed
 68 Civilians Killed
 1,143 Servicemen Wounded
 35 Civilians Wounded
_______________
3, 581 USA Causalities
110 minutes-over 32 per min.
65 Japanese Killed/1
Captured
Statistics (7:55-9:45)-(CT 2:00 pm)
 The attack was just two
hours (110 mins.)
 All eight battleships
were put out of
commission.
 11-other ships were
destroyed
 Destroyed US Airfields347
The Arizona
Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona-8 Battleships
USS Arizona Burning: 1,100+ servicemen
died on the ship
USS Arizona Burning: Bomb Hit the Magazine Room
Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!
USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
FDR Signs the War
Declaration
Japan:
• After
attacking
Pearl Harbor,
the Japanese
seized the
Philippines,
Guam, Wake
Island, Hong
Kong,
Malaya,
Burma and
the Dutch
East Indies.