Timeline of what lead up to the bombing of pearl harbor & after the bombing of pearl harbor
By kylenjaa
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The Black Ships open Japan
a small fleet of American warships commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry steamed into the bay at Edo (now Tokyo). The "black ships," as the Japanese described them at the time, had come to open trade with other nations. -
Japan invades North China from Manchuria
U.S. likelihood of providing aid to China increased after July 7, 1937, when Chinese and Japanese forces clashed on the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing, throwing the two nations into a full-scale war. -
US Imposes trade sanctions
U.S. imposes trade sanctions, followed by an embargo, aimed at curbing Japan's military aggression in Asia. -
April, US Intelligence officers continue to monitor Japanese secret messages
U.S. intelligence officers continue to monitor Japanese secret messages. In a program code-named Magic, U.S. intelligence uses a machine to decode Japan's diplomatic dispatches. Washington does not communicate all the available information to all commands, including Short and Kimmel in Hawaii. -
Japan bombs pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Martial law
In Hawai'i, martial law was declared within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and it lasted, with some modifications, for nearly three years, until October 24, 1944. -
The Roberts Commission
The Roberts Commission appointed by President Roosevelt finds Kimmel and Short in dereliction of duty and solely responsible for the Pearl Harbor disaster. -
Capt. Laurance Safford
the Navy's former chief cryptographer, discovers that officials in Washington withheld secret information from Kimmel and Short. -
A Defense Department
A Defense Department investigation finds others share the responsibility with Kimmel and Short for the Pearl Harbor disaster. It does not say who those "others" are. -
the Defense Appropriations Act of 2001
An amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act of 2001 finds Kimmel and Short acted competently and professionally and urges the president to restore the officers to their highest WWII rank.
