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PEARL HARBOR

By: Yusuf Tamer

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor


On December 8th 1941, The American president Franklin
D. Roosevelt signed the declaration of war against Japan.
One day before, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
because, they were afraid that the US navy in Pearl
Harbor attack them so, they decided to strike it.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of


This
war against Japan on Dec. 8, 1941

attack changed the game with the World


War 2 (1939-1945) it started between the
Allies powers (UK-FRANCE SOVIAT
UNOIN CHINA) and the Axis powers
(NAZI GERMANY-JAPAN-ITALY)
because, of Pearl Harbor the US got into the
war.
Japan

Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii on the


Oahu Island Hawaii is between Japan and US.

Japan

The attack time line:


6:10 am: the first wave of planes took off to their aircraft carriers.
6:45 am: The US destroyers attacked a Japanese submarine.

7:00 am: The radar station on Oahu spotted an unidentified aircraft heading toward Hawaii
and
6:50 am: The destroyers reported their attack on the Japanese submarine.
And the decoding process delayed the message.
7:20 am: an officer dismissed the radar report, expecting US bombers.
7:30 am: The warring massage from Washington reached Honolulu.
7:40 am: The first wave of Japanese aircrafts reached Oahu.
7: 50 am: The Japanese aerial commanders ordered attack.
7:55 am: The attack began.

8:00 am: Bombers from the US mainland fly to Oahu not knowing of the attack but just making
their rounds.
8:00 am: The battleship Arizona exploded (Arizona is a name of a battleship).
8: 20 am: A US defender attacked a Japanese submarine trying to enter the harbor.

8:40 am: A Japanese midget submarine sank in the harbor.


8:50 am: The badly damaged Nevada tried to escape the harbor (Nevada is a name of a
submarine).
8:55 am: The second wave of Japanese planes arrived.
9:30 am: The US destroyer Shaw exploded.
10:00 am: The Japanese air crafts headed back to the carriers.
10:30 am: The wounded started arriving at the hospitals, The Japanese carriers ships headed back
to Japan

As a result from the attack the US entered the World War 2 and took revenge by throwing the
ATOMIC BOMB on Japan which killed thousands of people and still affect new generation.

Conclusion:
WAR IS NEVER LEADS TO PEACE AND IT LEADS TO ANOTHER WAR AND PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS THE VICTOM

Quotes:
Winston Churchill" the prime minister of UK (1940-1945)
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
"You ask what our aim is I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all
terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival."
Dwight Eisenhower president of US (1953-1961)
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I wont"

Sources:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/pearl_harbor_attack.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnP1sh_kujM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6a75KmIaA
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/06/famous-quotes-world-war-ii-pearlharbor-roosevelt-churchill/3889667/
https://www.google.ae/imghp?hl=en&authuser=0&ei=B3OKVOq0KIy1UZazg5AI&ved=0CAMQqi4oA
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