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Attack on Pearl Harbor! Did we know?  Pg #1 Did we know about the attack the occurred in Pearl harbor? Was there any sign or possible way of changing what happened? Did someone or a group of people that could were have been more careful mess up? Or was there some one that knew about the attack or had an idea that it was coming but didn’t say anything? An why did the Japanese choose Pearl Harbor of all place to strike an attack, was their a significance? These are all question you might ask your self in confusion about the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the following I will show you why and how some of these things came about. It was 1941, on a calm, tranquil day in December, until a impulsive, unexpected Japanese air attack on Hawaii brought the united states in to the war. The US pacific fleet which was docked at pearl harbor at the time, unfortunately they were unprepared. That Sunday early around 7:56 am, approximately two weeks after Washington’s warning on the attack. â€Å"Which was a warning received by Washington from the is navy base at pearl harbor.†(#1) Within two hour of the attack, eighteen ships had been sunk or heavily damaged. One hundred and sixty four aircrafts had been destroyed and another one hundred and twenty four damaged, also more than two thousand, four hundred service men had been killed and almost one thousand two hundred wounded. The Japanese crippled the united states fleet in only a loss of twenty nine planes. The Japanese moved in a quick swift pace as they quickly destroyed all of Pearl Harbor. For the US luckily before the attack on Pearl Harbor most of our aircraft carriers and some destroyers left the harbor. One of the advantages besides knowing about the (Quote (# 1) Encyclopedia of World War II pg 9 Grolier education group) attack the Japanese were willing to kill themselves as long as they caused the most damage possible to our fleet. The Japanese had about eight battleships, two carriers, ten heavy and six light cruisers. Our fighter planes were mostly all parked in rows at the army air forces in wheeler field. â€Å"This arrangement made it easy to guard against mischief, it also made them prey for aerial attacks.† #2 The following were the times that the attacks occurred: â€Å"7:55 am dive ... ...d we know about this attack? Could we have at least put a little more effort into ever having this action to occur? If so then why did FDR decide to not make a move? We will maybe never know now, but from the information that I have given and form the books that I have read you can definitely make a good argument about what you think the truth really is. And from all of this written only history can really make that judgment! We will always remember it "As a day in which we live in infamy." Jon Pita’s Bibliography Pearl Harbor Book #1 The encyclopedia of World War II Groiler Education Corporation Sherman Turnpike, Connecticut Pg 8- 27 Book#2 Eyewitness to Infamy An oral history of pearl harbor December 7, 1941 Paul Joseph Travers, 1991 Madison Books New York Book #3 Day of infamy Walter Lord Holt, Rinehard and Winston New York, 1957 Internet source #1 www.google.com/FDR/PearlHarbor Did the US know about the attack on Peal Harbor? Written by Blaine Taylor, 1991 Pearl Harbor Essay -- essays research papers fc Attack on Pearl Harbor! Did we know?  Pg #1 Did we know about the attack the occurred in Pearl harbor? Was there any sign or possible way of changing what happened? Did someone or a group of people that could were have been more careful mess up? Or was there some one that knew about the attack or had an idea that it was coming but didn’t say anything? An why did the Japanese choose Pearl Harbor of all place to strike an attack, was their a significance? These are all question you might ask your self in confusion about the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the following I will show you why and how some of these things came about. It was 1941, on a calm, tranquil day in December, until a impulsive, unexpected Japanese air attack on Hawaii brought the united states in to the war. The US pacific fleet which was docked at pearl harbor at the time, unfortunately they were unprepared. That Sunday early around 7:56 am, approximately two weeks after Washington’s warning on the attack. â€Å"Which was a warning received by Washington from the is navy base at pearl harbor.†(#1) Within two hour of the attack, eighteen ships had been sunk or heavily damaged. One hundred and sixty four aircrafts had been destroyed and another one hundred and twenty four damaged, also more than two thousand, four hundred service men had been killed and almost one thousand two hundred wounded. The Japanese crippled the united states fleet in only a loss of twenty nine planes. The Japanese moved in a quick swift pace as they quickly destroyed all of Pearl Harbor. For the US luckily before the attack on Pearl Harbor most of our aircraft carriers and some destroyers left the harbor. One of the advantages besides knowing about the (Quote (# 1) Encyclopedia of World War II pg 9 Grolier education group) attack the Japanese were willing to kill themselves as long as they caused the most damage possible to our fleet. The Japanese had about eight battleships, two carriers, ten heavy and six light cruisers. Our fighter planes were mostly all parked in rows at the army air forces in wheeler field. â€Å"This arrangement made it easy to guard against mischief, it also made them prey for aerial attacks.† #2 The following were the times that the attacks occurred: â€Å"7:55 am dive ... ...d we know about this attack? Could we have at least put a little more effort into ever having this action to occur? If so then why did FDR decide to not make a move? We will maybe never know now, but from the information that I have given and form the books that I have read you can definitely make a good argument about what you think the truth really is. And from all of this written only history can really make that judgment! We will always remember it "As a day in which we live in infamy." Jon Pita’s Bibliography Pearl Harbor Book #1 The encyclopedia of World War II Groiler Education Corporation Sherman Turnpike, Connecticut Pg 8- 27 Book#2 Eyewitness to Infamy An oral history of pearl harbor December 7, 1941 Paul Joseph Travers, 1991 Madison Books New York Book #3 Day of infamy Walter Lord Holt, Rinehard and Winston New York, 1957 Internet source #1 www.google.com/FDR/PearlHarbor Did the US know about the attack on Peal Harbor? Written by Blaine Taylor, 1991