珍珠港事件英文介绍

Pearl Harbor Video
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What is Pearl Harbor?
• Pearl Harbor is a natural harbor located on the southern end of the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii (Hawaii was still a U.S. territory in 1941).
What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve?
• Pearl Harbor was an excellent place for the U.S. Navy to use as a harbor for its ships. The mountains of Oahu were thought to be an excellent protection against an enemy invasion.
Table of Contents (Continued)
• Could the United States have prevented this from happening? • How does Pearl Harbor affect us today? • Pearl Harbor Quiz • List of Works Cited • Conclusion
Japanese planes attacking Pearl Harbor
What happened on the day of the attack?
• Sunday, December 7, 1941, 7:55 AM: The
Japanese air force attacks Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack. The American Naval Base was caught completely off guard. By the time the U.S. forces could mount a resistance, nearly 2,400 people died in the attack.
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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
• The U.S. had put an embargo (cut off supply) on oil and planes to Japan. Japan needed these to complete its military conquest of the Pacific and Asia. Japan, felt it was only a matter of time until the U.S. tried to stop them militarily.
Table of Contents
• • • • • • • Video of Pearl Harbor What is Pearl Harbor? What purpose did Pearl Harbor serve? Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? What happened the day of the attack? What was the reaction to the bombing by Americans? How did our government react to the bombing?
Pearl Harbor: A Day that will Live in Infamy
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Hideki Tojo, military ruler of Japan
Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? (Continued)
• The Japanese decided to strike first in a surprise attack. The place they could hurt the U.S. most was at Pearl Harbor, where much of the U.S. Pacific fleet was docked.
What happened on the day of the attack? (Continued)
• The Japanese attack destroyed five battleships, three cruisers, and several smaller vessels, while wiping out almost 200 airplanes. • Click here to see a 3-D map of the Japanese attack (Left mouse click on 3-D map link)
What happened the day of the attack? (Continued)
• Hardest hit was the USS Arizona, the Arizona was hit by sev源自文库ral Japanese bombs and sunk to the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Nearly 1,200 sailors were killed, only 300 survived.