Pearl Harbour

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Pearl Harbour
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Japans Reasons

• Japan wanted more land and wealth.
• the U.S.A. wanted to stop Japan.
• the U.S. Navy was the only force strong enough to
  beat the Japanese.

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Why attack Pearl Harbour?

• Pearl Harbour was the main U.S. Naval base for
  the Pacific.
• if the fleet at Pearl Harbour could be destroyed,
  the U.S.A. would not be able to stop Japans
  plans.

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On 7th December 1941, Japan attacked Pearl
Harbour.
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• The Navy had received no warning
• .the devastation was huge...

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many ships were lost.
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and many, many men died.
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• 2,402 Americans were killed in the attack.
• Over 1,000 more were seriously injured.
• The attack lasted less than two hours.

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The USS Arizona suffered the greatest losses.
This memorial lists the names of the 1,117 crew
who lost their lives on her.
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• 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed
• 159 were damaged
• 12 ships were sunk or seriously damaged

Only 29 Japanese planes were lost.
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• The American people were outraged.

• President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.

• Germany, Japans ally since 1940, declared war
  on the U.S.A.

• America had joined World War II.

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America was determined never to forget Pearl
Harbour.
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In the years to come, the flag from Pearl Harbour
was raised in each new town the U.S.A. liberated
from Hitlers troops.
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Pearl Harbour brought America into WWII.

• How might your life have been different if the
  Japanese had not attacked?