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Eric · 12-07-2009, 01:45 PM

Hi again, guys

. One of the subjects I'm studying, this year, is American History. And it was on this date that an attack, on U.S. soil, occured that was at least as brutal as 9-11. This is the site of the attack:

It started because of military tensions, between the US & Japan, that were building over the course of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Attempting to stop the invasion of China, the US & Britain started a scrap metal boycott, an oil boycott, freezing Japanese assets, and (finally) a shutdown of the Panama Canal to all Japanese shipping. While this was going on, Japan began secret experiments with shallow water torpedos that might be effective in a Pearl Harbor offensive. The experiments began in January of 1941. Since Japan had no oil of it's own, the oil boycott was very effective... but not effective enough. On November 26, 1941, the Hull note was issued. The note only demanded the retreat of the Japanese from French Indonesia. But the day before, Japan had already deployed the largest strike ever launched from Japan. The secretly launched strike force was not recalled and was made up of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 3 submarines. Pearl harbor (named after the Hawaiian name, Wai Momi which meant pearl water) was not on alert status when the bombers hit. There's been lots of ideas & rumors about why they weren't, but nobody knows for sure.
Anyway, at 7:53 am (Hawaii time), Sunday, December 7, 1941, a wave of Japanese warplanes descended on the numerous, unsuspecting military bases in Pearl Harbor with a hailstorm of bombs that were followed by a second wave of the same. 90 minutes after the start of the attacks, 2,000 American soldiers and civilians were dead, 200 aircraft were destroyed, & 12 ships (including 5 battleships) were destroyed.
Luckily, the Pacific Fleet's 3 aircraft carriers were not in port at the time. Also, oil storage deposits, machine shops, & dry docks were spared cause the Japanese wanted to avoid detection by the then-alert US military bases.
9-11 was a terrifying thing but one we all remember Very well. Pearl Harbor was the first devastating attack on US soil and one that should be remembered too.
I'm writing this in rememberance of those who lost their lives on this date, in 1941. Let's hope that and 9-11 never happen again.

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Eric Banned Eric's Photo Gallery Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,759 BananaBucks : 143,927 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,364 Times Was Thanked 855 Times in 421 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 163 Times	Re: Post Pictures of Service Members: You, Family-Relatives, Friends Hi again, guys . One of the subjects I'm studying, this year, is American History. And it was on this date that an attack, on U.S. soil, occured that was at least as brutal as 9-11. This is the site of the attack: It started because of military tensions, between the US & Japan, that were building over the course of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Attempting to stop the invasion of China, the US & Britain started a scrap metal boycott, an oil boycott, freezing Japanese assets, and (finally) a shutdown of the Panama Canal to all Japanese shipping. While this was going on, Japan began secret experiments with shallow water torpedos that might be effective in a Pearl Harbor offensive. The experiments began in January of 1941. Since Japan had no oil of it's own, the oil boycott was very effective... but not effective enough. On November 26, 1941, the Hull note was issued. The note only demanded the retreat of the Japanese from French Indonesia. But the day before, Japan had already deployed the largest strike ever launched from Japan. The secretly launched strike force was not recalled and was made up of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 3 submarines. Pearl harbor (named after the Hawaiian name, Wai Momi which meant pearl water) was not on alert status when the bombers hit. There's been lots of ideas & rumors about why they weren't, but nobody knows for sure. Anyway, at 7:53 am (Hawaii time), Sunday, December 7, 1941, a wave of Japanese warplanes descended on the numerous, unsuspecting military bases in Pearl Harbor with a hailstorm of bombs that were followed by a second wave of the same. 90 minutes after the start of the attacks, 2,000 American soldiers and civilians were dead, 200 aircraft were destroyed, & 12 ships (including 5 battleships) were destroyed. Luckily, the Pacific Fleet's 3 aircraft carriers were not in port at the time. Also, oil storage deposits, machine shops, & dry docks were spared cause the Japanese wanted to avoid detection by the then-alert US military bases. 9-11 was a terrifying thing but one we all remember Very well. Pearl Harbor was the first devastating attack on US soil and one that should be remembered too. I'm writing this in rememberance of those who lost their lives on this date, in 1941. Let's hope that and 9-11 never happen again.