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Appeal For Peace
President Franklin Roosevelt makes a final appeal to the Emperor of Japan for Peace
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Broke Off
The last part of Japan's message stats that there relationship with the United States was broken off.
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Islands of Hawaii
The islands of Hawaii are attacked by six carriers with 423 planes. At 6 a.m. the first attack wave hits. -
Disregarded
At 7:02 a.m. two army operators at the base in Hawaii found the Japanese air attack, but the junior officer said it was nothing thinking it was the American B-17 planes.
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Second Fleet
At 7:15 a second attack wave of 167 planes head over from Japan.
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Not Prepared
Pearl Harbor was not ready for any attack whatsoever for the senior officers had informed the soldiers that an attack was not going to happen. So they strapped the planes down and locked everything up, thinking they would have relaxing Sunday.
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First Attack
At 7:53 a.m. the first attack happened with 184 fighter planes that each held multiple bombs. The war cry of the Japanese plane fighter "Tora! Tora! (Tiger! Tiger!)" was the only hint that a bomb was being dropped.
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Second Attack
The second attack focused mostly on the shipyard facilities and the ships. Taken most of them out and killing hundreds. The air raids lasted until 9:45 a.m. destroying over 210 of our ships and planes.
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Casualities
2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians killed, along with 1,178 wounded.
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War
The United States and Britain declared war on Japan. President Roosevelt would call December 7, "a date that which will live infamy..."
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/pearl-harbor-anniversary-timeline/
