WWII Pearl Harbor

 Atlantic Charter- FDR & Churchill meet; pledge freedom

of seas & an end to war

 Fall, 1941: Germans fire upon US merchant ships

 Throughout 1941 Hideki Tojo invades European colonies

in Asia

 US will issue embargo against Japan, cutting its oil supply

 Japan begins planning attack while attempting to

negotiate peace with US

 Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, early morning attack

 180 Japanese airplanes bomb US base in Hawaii

 In 2 hours-

 2,403 Americans killed

 1,178 wounded

 21 battleships damaged or destroyed

 300 aircraft damaged or destroyed

 Losses greater than total US Navy losses in WWI

 US now united in fight; FDR declare war next day

​Japan's Fatal Mistake: They did not get any of the U.S. aircraft carriers

FDR Speech Analysis “Day of Infamy” pg. 15-16