Navy battleships, the USS Arizona and the USS Utah, permanently sank.Ĭontinuing in his speech, Roosevelt said, “ But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. Additionally, 1,178 were injured, 188 aircraft were destroyed, and two U.S. on December 7, 1941, resulted in the deaths of 2,403 civilians and service members. The attack, which occurred just before 8 a.m. ships as possible, so that nothing could hinder Japan’s forces as they conquered the South Pacific. Any attack from Japan was expected to happen in other areas of the South Pacific, which meant that the Pearl Harbor base was left largely undefended. Almost the entirety of the U.S.’s Pacific fleet and hundreds of aircraft were located at Pearl Harbor. The motive behind the plan was to destroy as many U.S. and Japan for some time, the attack came completely as a surprise. Roosevelt following the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. Just one hour after this speech, Congress would pass an official declaration of war on Japan, bringing the United States into WWII.Īlthough tensions had been rising between the U.S. These were the words spoken by President Franklin D. “Yesterday, Decem– a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
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