THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

« to destroy the American fleet to prevent its ships to mingle with the invasion of Asia, who has already planned.

Second part: The at tack Isoroku Yamamoto *, Japanese Naval Marshal General, was responsible to prepare the Pearl Harbour attack.

He has trained pilot in secret, and he h as equipped planes with special torpedoes.

Actually this torpedo has been with fin for they can operate because there is little water in front of Pear l Harbor base.

Th is December 7 th of 1941, Japanese fleet was gone at 311 miles of Archipelago without be locating .

It was composed to 6 aircraft carrier , 423 planes and 27 submarines.

Yamamoto h as chosen this day and this hour because this is a Sunday morning.

This is a surprise attack.

7:55: First wave began the attack.

8:54: Second wave stroke the base.

Japanese fleet destroyed eight battleships and three cruisers , three destroyers and four auxiliary vessels. At the total, 188 aircraft were also destroyed.

A total of 2,403 U.S.

soldiers were killed .

Side of the assailants , the losses are very small (29 aircraft , 55 killed) .

Initially a third wave was envisaged but she was aborted because the first and second wave had sufficed.

Pe arl Harbor, U.S military bases have all but destroyed by Japan.

The U.S.A was begun t he war against Japan and Germany.. »