The pilots who flew the air attack were combat veterans of the Japanese war in China. ... The total Japanese losses in the attack were 29 aircraft, of the 350 involved in the attack; 54 fliers were killed in those aircraft and another was killed in an aircraft that returned safely to the Japanese carriers. ... The three U.S. aircraft carriers in the Pacific were not in or near Pearl Harbor on December 7. ... In the Battle of Midway, the turning point of the Pacific War, U.S. carrier aircraft found the Japanese fleet that was heading for the islands and sank all four of its carriers. ... Navy w...

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America, alarmed by the imperialistic moves that Japan was making, decided to support China financially and militarily. America developed a program to develop China's power in the pacific. ... Beginning in the early months of 1941, Japanese aircraft carrier pilots began training for a Top Secret mission involving an air raid on a fleet of ships using tactics that met two major criteria. ... It contained ten main proposals: It must be a surprise attack; U.S. carriers are the main objective; U.S. aircraft on the Island of Oahu are an objective; every available Japanese Carrier should tak...

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Japan had taken over Manchuria, which was then a part of China. ... The U.S. strengthened military aid to China and increased financial aid. ... The Japanese attack was led by Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and consisted of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, and 2 cruisers. ... The fighting was done entirely by the planes on the aircraft carriers and the battle was somewhat of a tie, but it was the first time the Allies stopped Japan's southward movement. ... Even though Nimitz was outnumbered 4 to 1 he planned an ambush that helped the U.S. easily destroy 332 Japanese planes, 4 aircraf...

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So, they thought that China would be the perfect place to call their own. ... Japan relied on their new weapon, the aircraft carrier. Three hundred fifty five planes took off from six of their aircraft carriers, the Akagi, the Kaga, the Soryu, the Shokaku, the Hiryu, and the Zuikaku. ... Additionally, due to a storm that caused a delay, none of the US aircraft carriers were in port at the time. ... As luck would have it, because the aircraft carriers were not in Pearl Harbor on that day, they did not get damaged by the attack. ...

• Word Count: 1943
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Japan was left with little and was forced to acquire new resources from China. ... By 1937, they were ready for a full invasion of China. ... Yamaoto's total objective in this battle was to sink all three aircraft carriers, at least four of the nine battleships and to immobilize the fleet for six months up to a year. ... Yamaoto's weapon Yamamoto relied on Japan's new weapon, the aircraft carrier. 355 planes would take off from 6 aircraft carriers: the first time in history this sort of tactic was used. ... The Japanese naval fleet consisted of the six aircraft carriers: Akagi, ...

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In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China." ... Even though the United States claimed to be neutral leaving them on no particular side of the war, they were actually starting to lean towards China to protect itself from what could happen if the Japanese took over China and ruined the politics and interests in Easters Asia. ... It centered around six heavy aircraft carriers accompanied by the 24 supporting vessels. A separate group of submarines was to sink any American...

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Part of the Japanese army in Okinawa was shipped out to China to fight the hostile Nationalists in China. ... The Japanese forces were stretched thin between the eastern Chinese front, the western U.S. and British front, and the possibility of the third front against the Russians coming back from the victory over the weakening Germans. ...

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On November 26, 1941, all six Japanese aircraft carriers and over four hundred aircraft left Hitokappu Bay, in northern Japan, headed for Pearl Harbor, the operating base for the United States' Pacific Fleet. ... Also, in 1931, the Japanese provocatively invaded Manchuria, a province located in northeastern China, brutally killing tens of thousands of Chinese. ...

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("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... (Prange, 201) More than 350 Japanese bombers, torpedo aircraft, and fighter planes were engaged in the attack.... (Prange, 125) All United States aircraft carriers were elsewhere. ... They used anti- aircraft guns in an attempt to stop and hold off the Japanese from their attack.... The overall results were devastating; eighteen battleships were hit and more than 200 aircraft were either destroyed or damaged....

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• Grade Level: High School