Pearl Harbor

By: Ronald F.

Pearl Harbor was a major event in World War II. The bad guys were Germany, Japan, and Italy. It happened in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.  The code name for the attack was "tora, tora, tora" which means tiger. 

It was planned by Yamamoto, a Japanese general. When a training radar spotted some airplanes heading toward them nobody listened and thought it was American planes. Fifty-two minutes later the Japanese pounded the U.S fleet. They attacked with 350 planes and a handful of submarines. The attack crippled the US. The Japanese attacked with deadly force. In the first wave, the Japanese attacked with 183 planes that dropped bombs and fired bullets at defenseless sailors. Then the Japanese attacked with a second wave.

After the attack, 21 of the 91 ships were sunk. Others were severely damaged. 188 planes were destroyed. 159 were damaged in the attack. 2,409 died during the attack. Eight battleships were sunk. The USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Nevada, and the USS West Virginia.

People will never forget this famous attack that shocked America.