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Japan invades Northern China
Japan had been at war with China for quite some time. The problem was that Japan was using all of its resources while fighting against China. The majority of Japan's resources were coming from the United States, especially oil. -
United States Declares Embargo on Japan
At this point Japan had captured Manchuria and five other parts of Northern China. The United States did not approve of Japan's aggression towards China, so they declared an embargo. In other words, they stopped supplying Japan with resources. This angered Japan and forced them to search for a place that could supply them with resources, in which they located a place in the Philippines. Knowing that the United States would go to war if they attacked the Philippines, Japan planned to attack first -
Possible Attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto of Japan begins to communicate with other officials about a possible attack on Pearl Harbor, right on the coast of Hawaii. The United States ambassador of Japan, Joseph C. Grew finds out about the possible attack and notifies Washington D.C. Nobody believes the information, and says that Japan would only attack the Philippines if war broke out. -
United States Monitors Japan's Secret Messages
United States intelligence officers begin to monitor Japanese secret messages by using a program called Magic. The United States would use a machine to decode when Japan would dispatch. -
Japan Prepares for Action
Admiral Nomura of Japan informs his allies that the United States had cracked their code and have been reading their messages. Nobody believes that the code could have been broken. Throughout the rest of the summer, Admiral Yamamoto trains his forces and finalizes the the planning of the atack on Pearl Harbor. -
Submarines Depart
Japanese submarines, the first part part of the attack, depart Japan. -
Japan Departs for Battle
Japan sends 6 aircraft carriers, 360 airplanes, 28 ships, and several submarines to attack Pearl Harbor -
Day of Attack
The first wave of Japanese aircraft begin attacking the coast of Pearl Harbor early on a Sunday morning. The Japanese immediately start destroying everything in sight. Building are destroyed, ships are sunk, and hundreds of innocent people are annihilated. The attack continued for 2 hours and 20 minutes. In the end, 2,402 people were killed, 1,282 were wounded, 4 battleships were sunk, 2 destroyers sunk, 11 ships damaged, 188 aircraft destroyed, and 155 damaged. -
President Roosevelt Declares War on Japan
President Franklin Roosevelt askes Congress to declare war on Japan.
