Chris+A.++Pearl+Harbor

= ﻿Pearl Harbor =

Location
Pearl Harbor is a Lagoon Harbor on the island on O'ahu just west of Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Anticipating War
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor to take out naval reinforcements because Japan was trying to take over Malaya, The Dutch East Indies, and a lot more places in the world. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese came and Bombed Pearl Harbor. Sinking four U.S Navy battleships, and the remaining four were damaged. Three Cruisers, and Destroyers, an Anti-Aircraft Training Ship, and one Minelayer. 2,404 men were killed. 1,282 were wounded, 55 of them were civilians. On December 8th, 1941, the U.S declared war on Japan.

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‍‍‍‍﻿Aftermath
‍‍‍‍ After the attack 15 Medals of Honor, 51 ‍‍‍‍Navy Crosses, 53 Silver Crosses ‍‍‍‍, four Navy and Marine Corps Medals, one Distinguished Service Cross, four Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, and three Bronze Stars were awarded to American servicemen. The day after the attack, Roosevelt gave his famous infamy speech to a joint Session of Congress, calling for a formal ‍‍‍‍declaration ‍‍‍‍ of war on the Emipire of Japan. In Europe, Germany and Italy also declared war on the U.S on December 11th, 1941, after they began opperations against a fellow axis member. The United States Congress declared war against Italy and Germany later that same day. The next day Japan bomed the Philippines. Three days after Pearl Harbor, //The Prince Of Wales// and //Repulse// were sunk just off the coast of Malaya. After that there were consequenses. One of the consequenses was that all of the Japanese American people were rounded up and they were all put into Japanese American internment camps. Later over 110,000 Japanese American people (including United States citizens) were removed from their homes and sent to internment camps.

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