Manzanar: Pearl Harbor

In early morning, December 7, 1941, in Oahu, Hawaii, Japan sent two waves of airplanes to attack Pearl Harbor.

The first wave hit its aim at 7:53 a.m. with the command of Admiral Isokuro Yamamoto. He had 360 airplanes, 2 battle ships, 2 cruisers, 3 submarines, and 6 destroyers under his command. He had planned to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor by 8:00 a.m. The first wave lived 8 battleships, 3 destroyers, 3 light cruisers, and 4 vessels shattered. Brusquely after the American Army was about to respond the attack with anti-aircraft guns, the second wave arrived. It was larger than the first wave and the American Navy couldn’t guard against it. This wave continued during the day and it left a huge impact on Pearl Harbor. 228 people were dead, and over 400 were seriously wounded.

When President Franklin D.Roosevelt got informed about this attack, he prearranged for a war against Japan and approved that the West Coast should be cleared of any Japanese people. The two main reasons for the “Attack on Pearl Harbor” were destroying American battle ships and aircrafts.