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A year before the attack on Pearl Harbour, President Franklin D. Roosevelt increased the numbers of American presence moving the Pacific Fleet from California into Pearl Harbour to keep away the Japanese at bay as well as providing training opportunities for the fleet. There was support from the journalists in the States agreeing with the FDR though many naval officers disagree as they believe it weakened the ability to respond againsts actual threats in the Pacific than intimidating Japan.

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Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto conceived the Pearl Harbour attack with Captain Minoru planning it. The Pearl Harbour attack was inspired by the book, "The Great Pacific War" by Hector Bywater and when Britain won the Battle of Taranto; Yamamoto then knew that the fiction book he had read could become their reality. Initially, Yamamoto did not want to go against the United States as he studied in Harvard staying in America for a little while which showed him how difficult it is to go at odds with America's industrial might.

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The USS condor minesweeper(AMc-14) detected a periscope; they called the USS Ward(DD-139) near the harbour's entrance which then attacked using guns and depth charges to sink the intruder. This shows that technically the allies attack first before the attack on the pearl harbour started.

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Sunday, December 7, 1941, a radar operator on Oahu saw a large group of airplanes on his screen heading towards the island. He called his supervisor who told him it was probably a group of U.S B-17 bombers and not to worry about it.

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The attack on Pearl Harbour began; the entire attack only took an hour and fifteen minutes. Japan planned to give the U.S a declaration for war before the attack began so they would not violate the first article of the Hague Convention of 1907, but the message was delayed and not relayed to the U.S officials in Washington until the attack was already in progress.

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At 8:10AM, the USS Arizona(BB-39) exploded; It was struck by a 1,760 pound projectile. There was a massive explosion as the impact caused munitions and fuels to ignite. It was reported that the explosion lifted the battleship out of water, and as it sank, more bombs were dropped on it.

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The USS Helm Destroyer sinks a Japanese submarine as it fired at the entrance to the harbour. The Helm was just turning into the West Loch when the Japanese had started the attack on Pearl Harbour. The destroyer was occupied with tons of guns and brought down at least one of the attackers while being slightly damaged by two bombs close aboard.

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The second wave of Japanese airplanes begun their attack numbering almost close to 170. They were instructed to attack the American fleet making the fate of Japan weigh on their shoulders.

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The Destroyer USS Shaw(DD-373) explodes in dry dock. The Japanese had attacked them with three bombs at a time the nearby battleship Nevada was getting attacked. The bombs mainly hit the front side of the ship and the resulting fires proved uncontrollable.

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The Japanese planes headed back to their carriers returning to Japan; Victory was unsurprisingly won tactically by Japan but was also a strategic blunder as their main objective was not met which was destroy the American aircraft carriers and also failed to destroy the strategic oil reserves at Oahu.

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- 353 aircraft landed from four heavy carriers

~ 131 Dive bombers
~ 103 Level bombers
~ 76 Fighters
~ 40 Torpedo planes
~ 35 Submarines
~ 11 Destroyers
~ 9 oilers
~ 2 Heavy cruiser
~ 2 Light cruisers
~ 2 Battleships

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https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/ha-19-hawaiis-lost-

submarine#:~:text=At%203%3A42%20a.m.%2C%20the,depth%20charges%2C%20sinking%20the%20intruder.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15hRisGuL-5vm8uPmgUiurna2zV-bjfFs0HcMPFR9bB4/edit#slide=id.g18c1b8dfc96_1_7

https://www.britannica.com/study/timeline-of-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor

https://www.britannica.com/story/attack-on-pearl-harbor-timeline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Helm

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/attacks-in-the-navy-yard-area/uss-shaw-during-the-pearl-harbor-attack.html