Essays Tagged: "pacific fleet"

The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

itish and Dutch later put similar embargoes on Japan's goods. Later that spring, Roosevelt moved thePacific Fleet's headquarters from San Diego to Pearl Harbor.In late 1941, the Nave Department sent a ... 1941, the Nave Department sent a message to its commanders, specifically AdmiralHusband Kimmel, the Pacific Fleet chief in Pearl Harbor: "This dispatch is to be considered a war warning.Negotiations w ...

(6 pages) 358 2 3.8 Jan/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

A film review of blockbuster Pearl Harbor and its social consequences.

e second coming of Titanic. Pearl Harbor, a movie about the 1941 surprise aerial attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet, is seen as movie which is less of a history lesson, and more of a love story. However ... ere it may bring war veterans close to home. In a tragic scene following the Japanese attack on the Pacific fleet, Evelyn, leading female nurse played by Kate Beckinsale, marks soldiers with lipstick ...

(3 pages) 115 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Navajo Code Talkers.

Mr. Philip Johnston to Major General Clayton P. Vogel, USMC., Commanding General, Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, headquartered at Camp Elliott, California. Mr. Johnston, the son of a missionary to t ... o the Marine Corps of at least 200 Navajos for the code talker program. As a footnote, tests in the Pacific under combat conditions proved that classified messages could be translated into Navajo, tra ...

(6 pages) 76 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Causes and Effects of Pearl Harbor This essay describes the important events that led to the Pearl Harbor attack and it describes the results of the attack.

rl Harbor is located in Oahu Island, Hawaii. In 1908 it was established as a naval base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Various services provided on the naval base include a naval shipyard, a supply center ... ontrol of the East Indies and Southeast Asia because those areas were very rich in raw materials. A pacific war was obviously unavoidable. Therefore, the U.S. began to propose peace negotiations with ...

(3 pages) 220 0 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Six of the main events and battles during WWII

Pearl HarborJapan needed to get trough the Pacific with ease so that their plans of an invasion of North America would be successful. The only ... ning, consisting of battleships, destroyers, cruisers and various support ships. Over half the U.S. Pacific fleet was out to sea, including the carriers. A total of twenty-nine Japanese aircraft were ...

(5 pages) 54 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Japanese Invasion, December 1941-February 1942

t Japanese leaders saw no point in delaying plans for military operations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Japan's short-term goal was to secure the necessary supplies to complete its conquest of Ch ... Malaya and the Philippines were coordinated with the December 7, 1941, assault on the United States Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan's Southern Army, headquartered in Saigon, ...

(3 pages) 25 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Pearl Harbor

The Commander-in-chief of the Japanese navy, began to plan out a shock attack on the United States Pacific Fleet, in 1941. They figured that before the United States could recover from a massive surp ... also about 20 submarines that took part in the attack.Submarines began to make their way across the Pacific Ocean by November, and arrived near Oahu about December 5th. During the night of December 6t ...

(4 pages) 43 1 2.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. Before this b ... Before this battle the Japanese were on the offensive, capturing territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. By their attack, the Japanese had planned to capture Midway to use as an advance base, as w ... had planned to capture Midway to use as an advance base, as well as to entrap and destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Because of communication intelligence successes, the U.S. Pacific Fleet surprised the ...

(10 pages) 66 1 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Counterintelligence and the Pearl Harbor Attack

is located in Oahu Island, Hawaii. In 1908 it was established as a naval base of the United State's Pacific Fleet. Various services provided on the naval base include a naval shipyard, a supply center ... ontrol of the East Indies and Southeast Asia because those areas were very rich in raw materials. A Pacific war was obviously unavoidable. Therefore, the United States began to propose peace negotiati ...

(12 pages) 58 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Reasons for, Events Leading up to, the Attack and the Aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

t took necessary precautions to ensure that this did not happen. He moved the main core of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from the west coast of the mainland of the U.S. to Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, at P ... the equivalent of an act of war. As an attack from Japan seemed to become more inevitable, the U.S. Pacific fleet was put on full alert and practiced drills regularly that kept them prepared for an at ...

(6 pages) 37 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Pearl Harbor: Did FDR Know?

y 110 minutes. In about two hours, Japanese planes from the strike force Kido Butai hit hard at the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor and at other military installations scattered across the Hawaiian isla ... lso include military action against the Philippine Islands, which would immediately involve us in a Pacific war.' On July 24 FDR told the Volunteer Participation Committee, 'If we cut off the oil, the ...

(10 pages) 84 2 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Japenese-American Concentration Camps

by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, is well known. The air raid crippled the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet and killed more than 2,400 American sailors. However, another casualty of the attack o ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Playing for Their Country: Baseball During World War II

he date is December 7, 1941, and the Empire of Japan has just engaged in a sneak attack against the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy at the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. United behind the ... ennant races could not overshadow the serious events that were taking place across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. During its most dangerous time period, the events before, during, and after D-Day, e ...

(7 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Who Was To Blame For The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor

with the Unites States had ceased (Doc. A). Admiral Kimmel blamed the government for depriving the Pacific Fleet of a chance to avert the forthcoming disaster. Also, he was not informed about a local ... suspicious activity near Pearl Harbor naval base. Although a "war warning" dispatch was sent to the Pacific, it did not indicate the possibility of an attack on American property. The message simply o ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Hitler, World War II, and the Bomb

an completely rejected the idea and bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack that crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet. The very next day Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war, and it was approved. Germ ...

(3 pages) 16 0 3.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

ttack on the United States naval base on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii (which is situated in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from the mainland of the United States.), against the U.S. Pac ... ttack encourage the U.S. into entering World War II on the following day and officially started the Pacific War.There are many reasons behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, here are some major reasons wh ...

(7 pages) 18 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History