Pearl+Harbor

media type="youtube" key="HAnOtWm5OrM" height="344" width="425" __Pearl Harbor__ By Bronson

Pearl Harbor is a naval war base that Japan bombed. It is off the southern coast of Oahu Island in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941.The Japanese carriers were 235 miles north of Oahu. At 7:50 A.M the first wave of planes came down. The surprise attack was over before 10 A.M.. On the American side, there were 2,388 killed, 2,000 hurt, and 1,000 missing. Japanese loses were fewer than 100. There were 180 U.S. aircrafts demolished and many vessels were damaged. 18 ships were struck. The Japanese lost 29 planes and 5 midget submarines. The Japanese’s main targets were US naval ships the Nevada, the Arizona, the Tennessee, the West Virginia, the Maryland, the Oklahoma, and the California.

Six of the Japanese ships were aircraft carriers, 183 fighters, bombers, torpedo planes. 40:183 were bombers carrying torpedoes. 49:183 bombers carried armor piercing bombs. There were 167 bombers and zeros in the second wave.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor impacted America because it started **World War II**.

Bibliography

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