The Arizona

By: Emily Lanning, Lea Rehm, Padma Shenoy, Ryan Neufer and Ridge Billig

Pearl Harbor in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the Hawaii was the scene of scene of unbelievable unbelievable tragedy.tragedy.

THE FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR

A fleet of American A fleet of American battle ships and battle ships and aircraft carriers aircraft carriers were stationed in were stationed in Hawaii.Hawaii.This was an This was an

impressive sight impressive sight Yamamoto wanted Yamamoto wanted to destroy. He to destroy. He created an attack created an attack plan.plan.

RUMORS OF WAR

• Japanese emissaries delivered hostile messages to the secretary of state who thought they were deceptive.

• The president didn’t think the attack would come at Pearl Harbor.

WarningsWarnings

•The military intercepted hostile Japanese communications during November and December, 1941.

•Cordell Hull, secretary of state, was trying to get an agreement between Japan and other countries.

THE ATTACK

•On the morning of December 7, 1941, 183 Japanese planes approached Pearl Harbor.

•The ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet would be destroyed.

•The planes dropped bombs and torpedoes on the battleships.

The Arizona

• Most of the Arizona’s crew were on board. There were more than 900 of her crew.

• Never in the history of the United States had a ship taken so many men with her.

• Many men didn’t want to join world war 2 before the attack.

WAR!!!!

• On December 8th FDR addressed America that the US would enter the war.

THE BOMB!

• FDR died on April 12th 1945.

• Hitler committed suicide 18 days later, ending the war in Europe.

• Japan didn’t stop fighting.

• Truman debated whether to use an atomic bomb.

TRUMAN APPROVES

• Truman gave permission to drop the bomb.

• The city where the bomb would be dropped was Hiroshima, Japan.

HIROSHIMA

• The bomb was released at 8:15:17am. August 6th 1945.

• The bomb detonated 1,870ft. Above ground 43 seconds after it was released from the plane, Enola Gay.

• The explosion equaled about 13,000 to 15,000 tons of TNT.

Nagasaki

• August 9th Bockscar, an American plane flew over Nagasaki, Japan.

• The bomb detonated at 11:02am., exploded 1540ft. above the Urakami river valley.

• Nagasaki was devastated like Hiroshima.

• The emperor said the war was over.