December 7th 1941
"Before we're through with 'em, the
Japanese language will be spoken only
in hell!"
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At 7:55 am, the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor
The U.S. fleets Pearl Harbor
base was reachable by an
aircraft carrier force, and the
Japanese Navy secretly sent
one across the Pacific with
greater aerial striking power
than had ever been seen on
the World’s oceans.
Within a short time five of
eight battle ships at Pearl
Harbor were sunk or sinking,
with the rest damaged.
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Imperialism, the wanted to
“own” the Pacific
U.S. stopped trading goods
such as scrap metal to
Japan
To knock America out of a
future war the military
government knew was
inevitable
Japan wanted to become a
superior power
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1st wave
1st Group (targets: battleships and
aircraft carriers)
 50 Nakajima B5N bombers armed
with 800 kg (1760 lb) armor piercing
bombs, organized in four sections
 40 B5N bombers armed with Type 91
torpedoes, also in four sections
2nd Group — (targets: Ford Island and
Wheeler Field)
 54 Aichi D3A dive bombers armed
with 550 lb (249 kg) general purpose
bombs
3rd Group — (targets: aircraft at Ford
Island, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field,
Barber’s Point, Kaneohe)
 45 Mitsubishi A6M fighters for air
control and strafing
* The
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2nd Wave
1st Group — 54 B5Ns armed with
550 lb (249 kg) and 132 lb (60 kg)
general purpose bombs
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2nd Group (targets: aircraft carriers
and cruisers)
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Japanese did
not lunch a Third
Wave
27 B5Ns — aircraft and hangars on
Kaneohe, Ford Island, and Barbers Point
27 B5Ns — hangars and aircraft on
Hickam Field
81 D3As armed with 550 lb (249 kg)
general purpose bombs, in four sections
3rd Group — (targets: aircraft at Ford
Island, Hickham Field, Wheeler Field,
Barber’s Point, Kaneohe)
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36 A6Ms for defense and strafing
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Many cruisers and destroyers
left Pearl Harbor, joining the
aircraft carrier Enterprise and
other surface ships that were
already at sea.
On 8 December, President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
addressed the Congress to ask
for a declaration of war against
Japan.
Within a few days, Germany
and Italy had declared war on
the United States.