Pearl+Harbor

media type="youtube" key="HAnOtWm5OrM" height="344" width="425" Pearl Harbor By Charlie 5ch How did Pearl Harbor affect the war? Pearl Harbor all started when the Japanese feared that we would interfere with their plans. The only way to stop that was to destroy the strongest and closest naval base. That was Pearl Harbor. The problem with that was that they needed special torpedoes. The water was too shallow for the regular torpedoes. The torpedo had a piece of wood that kept it on top of the water. They had 183 planes and 6 carriers. There were fighter planes, bomber and torpedo planes. Also there were midget submarines. Their names are the I-16. At the attack there were 6 submarines. They were called the mother submarines. Their plan was to sink small ships and carriers. They carried two torpedoes and they were filled with 4800 pounds of explosives. Also, they had a sharp piece of metal to break through submarine nets. They blocked the sub from coming. The air attack.- this is when the planes bombed.

The first wave of bombers bombed the Hickan Field, Kaneohe navel air station, Wheeler Field, Bellows Field, Ford Island, Eva Field. The next wave did not attack Bellows Field. America had to fight back. They had the ships USS Ward, USS Argonne, USS Oklahoma, USS Maryland, USS Westergina, USS Utah, USS Lexington, USS Tennessee, USS Pennsylvania, USS Nevada, USS Shan, USS Dowens, USS Cassin, USS Arizona. America would have fought with planes, but they bomb all the fields. The USS Arizona was one of the best American ships. America and Japan both lost many people. 18 American warships sank or got destroyed. 200 planes were destroyed by the Japanese bombs. 2400 died, 1300 were wounded, and 1000 were missing. The Japanese lost 5 midget submarines, 29 planes and 100 casualties. It affected the war by leading America into the war. This also killed many people and destroyed the naval base. Also the same day the Japanese attacked the Philippines. You being American, and what do you think about this battle?

I think it was really bad. America must have been really mad. It brought America together to fight the war. Luckily we won the war. Worst of all was the sinking of the Arizona. Today they have a platform over the sunken boat. A boat will bring you there. When you get on the platform, you can throw flowers in its smoke stack, because it is so shallow. The last thing I need to tell you is the saying America made up. “Let’s remember Pearl Harbor as we did foe, let’s remember Pearl Harbor as we do the Alamo.” __New book of knowledge.__ Vol. 20. Wxyz. Danbury, Conn: Scholastic Library Pub., 2004. ||
 * Allen, Thomas. __Remember Pearl Harbor American and Japanese survivors tell their stories__. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2001.