Pearl Harbor War

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In this article, the writer examines the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The writer discusses details of the battle and looks at various reasons for the assault. Further, the writer discusses the related political and economic developments involving Japan and the United States. The writer maintains that it could be concluded that whatever were the factors responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, the attack gets its significance due to the lead that it gave to the other important events in the Second World War. A few of such events were the participation of America in World War Two and the US attack on Hiroshima.

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"Commander Mitsuo Fuchida acted as the leader of the air offensive. In the first batch of aircrafts that were sent comprised of 183 fighters, bomber and torpedo bombers. The assault began at 07.55 hours. In the second phase there were 170 aircrafts, which started attacking Pearl Harbor at 08:54 a.m. The planes took off from the aircraft carriers Soryu, Akaga, Zukaku, Hiryu, Kaga and Shokaku. At the time when the war came to an end, all the six aircraft carriers had been sunk by the American soldiers together with all the other Japanese capital ships engaged in the assault. In the first attack the pilots used a mast of a radio station close to the Pearl Harbor to zero in. Among those killed in the first phase were 35 American servicemen who were taking their breakfast in the Army Air Forces Hickam field when a 550lb bomb attacked their Dining Hall. And the USS Arizona was the first to suffer the most seriously. One torpedo and eight bombs attacked her. About 1760 lbs of explosives hit her as she lay fastened at the Ford Island Naval Station."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Attack on Pearl Harbor. Wikipedia. Retrieved fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor#Japanese__preparations Accessed 28 April, 2006
• Chapter VII: The Pearl Harbor Attack. Retrieved from http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch7.htm Accessed 28 April, 2006
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