Pearl Harbor Sublime Padlet by Ciara Francis

Reason One (Japans Expansion)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-08 02:41:01 UTC

Japan had a desire to expand its empire and secure resources in Southeast Asia, They believed that by attacking the U.S. they could prevent American interference in their plans

Reason Two

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 18:57:33 UTC

Additionally, Japan wanted to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet to establish dominance in the Pacific region. Japan's decision of attacking Pearl Harbor was because of what the U.S. decided to do for their economic issues

june 4-7th, 1942 ( the battle of midway)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 19:34:48 UTC

1942: June 4: Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway: June 4

In the morning of June 4, 1942, after sending planes to attack the U.S. base at Midway, the Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu were fatally damaged by dive bombers from USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5). The Battle of Midway ended in a decisive American victory. Japan's plan was to get rid of the pacific fleet but instead their plan turned into a war

Feb 19, 1945(the battle of Iwo Jima)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 19:45:16 UTC

Iwo jima was the bloodiest battles in the marines history,

the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan.

august 6th, 1945(Hiroshima and nagasaki)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 19:55:22 UTC

On 6 August 1945, at 08:15, the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the center of Hiroshima, The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians. on August 15th, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria.

september 2nd, 1945(japan surrenders)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 19:59:29 UTC

The Surrender of Japan became official when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The Second World War ended after six years and one day.

December 7th, 1941(Pearl Harbor)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 20:06:58 UTC

early on Sunday December 7, 1941 at 7:55 am, attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tokyo's radio denial and deception actions were the key to the success of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-specifically, what enabled the Pearl Harbor Striking Force to reach its launch point undetected.

japans plan to attack U.S.

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 20:10:19 UTC

The Japanese strategy was to destroy the invader's landing vessels before they hit the beaches. Japan had reserved about 5,000 conventional aircraft and a variety of suicide vehicles, including about 5,500 kamikaze planes, 1,300 suicide submarines, and several hundred piloted bombs. Japan hoped for a short war, seeking to quickly weaken US naval strength and capture strategically vital oil supplies

December 8th, 1941 (the day of infamy)

ciarac53 — 2024-02-10 20:15:44 UTC

President Roosevelt called the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor a “date which will live in infamy,” in a famous address to the nation delivered after Japan’s deadly strike against U.S. naval and military forces in Hawaii. He also asked Congress to declare war.