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The day of attack
Why the Japinenes attacked Pearl Harbor
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Japanese plane of attack The Japanese would use these plans to drop bombs, shoot at ships, the Allies planes and their ships and at them as well. Also there were the kamikaze plane, which were used to fly into the ships, causing explosions and for the ships to sink. | The losses Twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, the majority hit before they had a chance to take off. There were a total of 2,403 American casualties, including 68 civilians, most of them killed by improperly fused anti-aircraft shells landing in Honolulu. There were 1,178 military and civilian wounded. | Map of the attack The Japanese came from behind to give the surprise attack. |
Japanese plane of attack
The Japanese would use these plans to drop bombs, shoot at ships, the Allies planes and their ships and at them as well. Also there were the kamikaze plane, which were used to fly into the ships, causing explosions and for the ships to sink.
The losses
Twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, the majority hit before they had a chance to take off. There were a total of 2,403 American casualties, including 68 civilians, most of them killed by improperly fused anti-aircraft shells landing in Honolulu. There were 1,178 military and civilian wounded.
Map of the attack
The Japanese came from behind to give the surprise attack.
The end of the Pearl Harbor attack
On 8 December, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. Referring to December Seventh, 1941, as a "day that shall live in infamy", he gave the Pearl Harbor attack its most famous and enduring title.
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