Shanna Kelly's List: bombing of pearl harbor

• By 1934 Adolf Hitler appeared to have complete control over Germany
• he constantly feared that he might be ousted by others who wanted his powe
• Hitler used the tactic of divide and rule and encouraged other leaders such as Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Ernst Roehm to compete with each other for senior positions.
• Roehm was particularly hated because as leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)
• , manufactured evidence that suggested that Roehm had been paid 12 million marks by the French to overthrow Hitler.
• The SA under Roehm's leadership had also played a vital role in destroying the opposition during the elections of 1932 and 1933.
• . Powerful supporters of Hitler had been complaining about Roehm for some time
• Roehm would become its overall leader.
• would absorb the much smaller German Army into its ranks and
• Albert Voegler, Gustav Krupp, Alfried Krupp, Fritz Thyssen and Emile Kirdorf,
• were unhappy with Roehm's socialistic views on the economy a
• Adolf Hitler was also aware that Roehm and the SA had the power to remove him
• Their masterstroke was to claim that Gregor Strasser, whom Hitler hated, was part of the planned conspiracy against him
• With this news Hitler ordered all the SA leaders to attend a meeting in the Hanselbauer Hotel in Wiesse.
• Goering and Himmler were drawing up a list of people outside the SA that they wanted killed

• and Gustav von Kahr, who crushed the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.

  On 29th June, 1934. Hitler, accompanied by the Schutzstaffel (SS), arrived at Wiesse, where he personally arrested Ernst Roehm. During the next 24 hours 200 other senior SA officers were arrested on the way to Wiesse. Many were shot as soon as they were captured but Hitler decided to pardon Roehm because of his past services to the movement. However, after much pressure from Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler, Hitler agreed that Roehm should die. At first Hitler insisted that Roehm should be allowed to commit suicide but, when he refused, Roehm was shot by two SS men.
• Gustav von Kahr, who crushed the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
• Hitler's predecessor as chancello
• where he personally arrested Ernst Roehm.
• During the next 24 hours 200 other senior SA officers were arrested on the way to Wiesse.
• captured but Hitler decided to pardon Roehm because of his past services to the movement.
• Hitler agreed that Roehm should die.
• At first Hitler insisted that Roehm should be allowed to commit suicide but, when he refused, Roehm was shot by two SS men
• The purge of the SA was kept secret until it was announced by Adolf Hitler on 13th July.
• Hitler claimed that 61 had been executed while 13 had been shot resisting arrest and three had committed suicide.
• Others have argued that as many as 400 people were killed during the purge.
• "In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I become the supreme judge of the German people. I gave the order to shoot the ringleaders in this treason."
• had the power to decide whether people lived or died.

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• The attack took place on December 7, 1941.
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  • The Japanese attack force was under the command of Admiral Nagumo.
• Japansese force consisted of six carriers with 423 planes.
• At 6 a.m. the first Japanese attack wave of 83 planes took off
• Eighteen U.S. ships were hit.
• Casualties included 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians.
• 1178 people were wounded.
• The Japanese planes took off about 90 minutes from Pearl Harbor.
• The president at the time of the attack was Franklin D. Rooselvelt.
• The attack brought the United States into World War II.
• The Japanese fleet had 30 ships.
• Japanese suffered just small losses
• The attack was planned weeks in advance.
• he main reason for the attack was over economic issues.
• On December 8, 1941, Congress declared war on Japan with only one vote against it. The vote against it was of Represenative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who had also voted against U.S. entry into World War I.
• More than 180 U.S. aircraft were destroyed.
• During the attack the USS Arizona sank with a loss of more than 1,100 men
• The air raid lasted until about 9:45 a.m.

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• Japanese message,
• decoded at approximately 9 a.m.
• The Americans realize this time corresponds with early morning time in Pearl Harbor, which is several hours behind.
• 423 planes, is about to attack. At 6 a.m.
• the first attack wave of 183 Japanese planes takes off from the carriers located 230 miles north of Oahu and heads for the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
• At 7:15 a.m., a second attack wave of 167 planes takes off from the Japanese carriers and heads for Pearl Harbor.
• And since it is Sunday morning, many officers and crewmen are leisurely ashore.
• with 51 'Val' dive bombers, 40 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 'Zero' fighters,
• The air raid lasts until 9:45 a.m.
• 1,178 wounded.

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• dynamic commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto to revisit the issue.
• All six of Japan's first-line aircraft carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku, were assigned to the mission
• first attack wave of over 180 aircraft, including torpedo planes, high-level bombers, dive bombers and fighters, was launched in the darkness and flew off to the south.
• five midget submarines had already cast loose from their "mother" subs and were trying to make their way into Pearl Harbor's narrow entrance channel.

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• Even though the band was interrupted by the planes, no  one moved until the last note was sung.
• In 1939 World War II began with a string of  victories by Germany
• The air raids lasted until 9:45 a.m. There  were 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians killed.
• soldiers were on the decks singing the National  Anthem.
• In 1939 World War II began with a string of  victories by Germany
• Roosevelt wanted  to halt the expansion of Germany and Japan,
• Roosevelt wanted  to halt the expansion of Germany and Japan, but other government  officials didnÌt want to get involved.
• The United States  then began to help supply some of the countries that were fighting  against Germany and Japan.
• When Japan began their seizure of  Southern Indochina the United States reacted with an embargo  on the shipment of oil to Japan
• few months  the US tried to negotiate with Japan, but with little success.
• Throughout the next few months  the US tried to negotiate with Japan, but with little success.
• Japan wanted the United States to lift the embargo and let them  attempt to take over China, but the United States refused to  lift the embargo unless Japan would back off of China
• Japan wanted the United States to lift the embargo and let them  attempt to take over China, but the United States refused to  lift the embargo unless Japan would back off of China.
• fourteen part message
• deciphered the first thirteen parts.
• soldiers were on the decks singing the National  Anthem.
• Even though the band was interrupted by the planes, no  one moved until the last note was sung.
• six carriers with 423 planes.  At 6 a.m., the first attack wave of 183 Japanese planes took  off from carriers located 230 miles north of Oahu and headed  for Pearl Harbor.
• The air raids lasted until 9:45 a.m. There  were 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians killed.
• There were also  1,178 wounded.
• There were also  1,178 wounded.
• When the first wave of attack planes  arrived the

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