![]() The United States declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor.There is a conspiracy theory that FDR provoked the Japanese attack in order to sway American opinion and make it possible for the U.S.There was a floating National Monument erected on the hull of the sunken Arizona in 1962.The dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring an end to World War II in 1945.declared war on Germany and Italy on December 11, after they declared war on the U.S. President FDR made a last minute edit to his speech, changing “a day that will live on in world history” to “a day that will live in infamy”.The United States declared war on Japan the next day as FDR gave his famous “Day of Infamy” speech to Congress.Only 28 Japanese planes were shot down and 5 midget submarines sunk.The Japanese lost 65 men, with an additional soldier being captured.Sixty-eight civilians were also killed and 35 were wounded servicemen were killed and 1,143 were wounded. 2,343 men were killed, 1,272 were wounded and 960 left missing.11 other ships were sunk and 188 planes destroyed.The Americans sunk four of the midget subs and captured the fifth. To aid their airplanes, the Japanese sent in five midget subs to help target the battleships.After being repeatedly attacked on its way, the Nevada beached itself. During the attack, the Nevada left its berth in Battleship Row and tried to make it to the harbor entrance.After being torpedoed, the Oklahoma listed so badly that it turned upside down.The Arizona exploded when a bomb breached its forward magazine (i.e.Another was capsized and a sixth run aground Four of the American battleships stationed in “battleship row” were sunk.Amazingly, all but two (the Arizona and the Oklahoma) were eventually able to return to active duty. battleships were either sunk or damaged during the attack. battleships were lined up in “Battleship Row.” Pacific fleet except for one (the Colorado). There were eight battleships at Pearl Harbor that day, which included all the battleships of the U.S.Because of this, the Japanese cancelled a planned second attack. ![]() The United States aircraft carriers, the primary target of the attack, were not at the base at the time.The Japanese struck the airfields at Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Bellows Field, Ewa Field, Schoefield Barracks, and Kaneohe Naval Air Station.The Japanese only attacked the ships at Pearl Harbor Naval base and airplanes at Hickman Airfield, leaving surrounding areas such as repair facilities, the submarine base and fuel oil storages areas unharmed.servicemen identified the invading planes as Japanese because of the “meatballs,” what they called the large, red circle (the Rising Sun) on the side of Japanese planes. ![]() servicemen were either still in their pajamas or eating breakfast in the mess halls when the attack on Pearl Harbor began.
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