SM-Count wrote:"Was perl harbor retaliation for the U.S. dropping nukes on Japan?"
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were attacked at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945.
Prior to December 1941 America was a country divided. Japan had been attacking China since 1937 and worldwide economic sanctions were both in place and being used effectively.
Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. Japanese planes hit just before 8AM on the 7th. Within a short time after the raid began five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, the rest were damaged. Several other ships and most Hawaii-based combat planes were also knocked out. More than 2,400 Americans died during the unprovoked raid. Japanese attacks eliminated much of the American Air Force in the Philippines soon after.
No, the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor was
NOT in retaliation. December 7th 1941 is "The day that shall live in infamy." Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was quoted as saying,
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." He is also known to have been upset by the bungling of the Japanese Foreign Ministry which led to the attack happening while the countries were technically at peace, thus making the incident an unprovoked sneak attack. It was his belief that Japan could not withstand a prolonged war with the US and that the Pearl Harbor attack would certainly enrage the US.
~Granps
wa! Georgia is under attack?
(lol, just kidding)