December 6th,1941• December 6, 1941 President Franklin D.

Roosevelt made a final appeal to Japan for peace.

• There was no reply from the Emperor of Japan.

• Later that day, the U.S code breakers intercepted a 14 part Japanese message.

• Only the first 13 parts were deciphered.

December 7th, 1941

• The U.S. thought that there was an attack planned on Southeast Asia.

• Later, the 14th part pf the message was deciphered and it stated that Japan was breaking off diplomatic relations with the US.

• This message was finally decoded at 9 AM. An hour later, another Japanese Message was intercepted that said that the first message was to be delivered to the US at 1 PM that day.

December 7th,1941

• The American’s were suspicious of an attack by the Japanese somewhere in the country, but the whereabouts were unknown.

• They then realized that the time from the messages corresponded with Pearl Harbor time which is several hours behind Washington D.C’s time.

The Attack

• The U.S tried to send a message to Hawaii to try to prevent the attack.

• The message was received at noon Hawaii time, but it was too late, the attack had begun four hours prior.

Dec. 7, 1941. 6 AM

• Under the Naval command of Admiral Nagumo, the Japanese sent out 423 planes.

• At 6 AM, the first 183 planes took off from carriers, 230 miles from the Harbor.

Dec. 7, 1941. 7 AM

• 7:02: Two army operators detected the Japanese air attack approaching.

• One reported it was thought tot be B-17 American planes, which were expected that day from the US West Coast.

• 7:15: 167 more planes ordered to take off from the Japanese carriers.

• The people of Hawaii remained unaware of the imminent attack.

Dec. 7, 1941. 7 AM

• 7:53: The actual attack occurred

• The first 183 planes that were deployed attacked airfields and battleships.

• The second 167 planes deployed targeted ships and other ship yard facilities.

The Aftermath. 9:45 AM

• 9:45 AM: 8 battle ships were damaged and 5 were sunk

• 9 naval vessels as well as 188 aircrafts were lost during the attack

• The Japanese lost 27 planes and 5 midget submarines, which tried to attack the inner harbor and launch torpedoes

Casualties

• 2,335 United States Service men were killed

• 68 civilians were killed

• 1178 people were wounded

• 1,104 of the deaths were from the USS Arizona who were killed after 1,760 lb air bomb hit the forward line, causing a huge explosion