pearl harbor
-Dec. 7, 1941 - Attack on U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii
-Not intended to put USA into war
-They thought U.S. would be too "soft" to reclaim that territory
-Objective : sink and immobilize U.S. battle ships and carriers
- Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid.
-It almost succeeded
-Japanese failures:
-Oil depots weren't destroyed
-Aircraft carriers are absent
- Submarine pens were not destroyed
-USA declares war on Japan
-Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10
-Not intended to put USA into war
-They thought U.S. would be too "soft" to reclaim that territory
-Objective : sink and immobilize U.S. battle ships and carriers
- Eight battleships were damaged, two were lost and three were absent during the raid.
-It almost succeeded
-Japanese failures:
-Oil depots weren't destroyed
-Aircraft carriers are absent
- Submarine pens were not destroyed
-USA declares war on Japan
-Hitler declares war on USA on Dec. 10
summary
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked a naval base in Hawaii. This attack was not meant to put USA into the war since their objective was to sink and immobilize U.S. battle ships and carriers. Japan thought that the U.S.A would be too soft to reclaim that territory. Only 8 battleships were damaged, three were absent during the raid and two were lost. It was almost successful but there were many things that Japan did that failed like how the oil depots were not destroyed, aircraft carriers are absent, and submarine pens were not destroyed as well. The USA declared war on Japan after.