1. Pearl Harbor
By: Lucas Corbin &
Ian Keating

2. Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is where the U.S. pacific fleet was
destroyed by the Japanese.
The Japanese made a surprise attack on December 7,
1941
The bombing by Japanese airplanes killed over 2,000
service men aboard the ships

3. Pearl Harbor
On December 6, 1941 president Roosevelt made a final
peace attempt to the emperor of Japan, but the
emperor never replied.
The same day a Japanese message was intercepted by
U.S. code breakers.
The Americans believed that a Japanese attack was
imminent, but they weren’t sure where the Japanese
would attack.

4. Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 code breakers decoded another
message
The message instructed the Japanese embassy to
deliver the message to Americans at 1 p.m.
The U.S. War Department sent an alert message to Pearl
Harbor to warn them of the attack.
The alert message wasn’t received until four hours after
the attack began.

5. Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack force
had six carries with 423
planes.
They launched their first
wave of 183 planes
The U.S. radar station on
Hawaii detected the
planes, but thought they
were only the expected
American B-17 planes from
the west coast.

6. Pearl Harbor
After the first wave
launched, the second wave
of 167 planes also took off
for the harbor
The first wave reached the
harbor at 7:53 and began
attacking the U.S.
battleships and airfields.

7. Pearl Harbor
The second wave arrived
shortly after the first wave.
They focused on taking out
other ships and shipyard
facilities.
The waves of Japanese
attack forces launched
torpedoes, dropped bombs,
and used other military
tactics to destroy their
targets.

8. Pearl Harbor
By 9:45 a.m. the Japanese
were finally done
attacking.
 Five battleships were sunk
and eight were damaged.
The U.S. also lost 188
aircrafts when the
Japanese attacked the U.S.
airfields.

9. Pearl Harbor
The servicemen aboard the
ships stood no chance
against the well prepared
Japanese war planes.
Many military men were
trapped in the ships and
couldn’t get out to help
fight.
Most of the men that were
trapped in the ships never
made it out alive.

10. Pearl Harbor
One of the reasons why the attack on Pearl Harbor was
so catastrophic is because the harbor was completely
surprised.
The anti-aircraft guns were unmanned and the
ammunition for them was locked away because it was
during a peacetime.
Servicemen were ashore because it was a Sunday and
aircrafts were parked wing tip to wing tip at the
airfields.

11. Pearl Harbor
News of the attack spread across the nation the same
day. It shocked the American people and influenced
many young people to join the military.
The attack ended the U.S. period of isolation.
The next day December 8, 1941 the U.S. declared war
on Japan.
President Roosevelt said, “December 7, 1941 is a date
which will live in infamy.”