Words: 427
The attack came as p rebound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in the Pace c theatre. As statistics shows, in 1938, the population of US was two times large r than Japan.
The average industrialization level of US was about three times higher than Japan, to to mention military power and GAP(Gross Domestic Product). So it was unwise for the Jape anise to attack Pearl Harbor. Veterans who fought in the war of pearl Harbor and received a Medal of Hon. r, for their heroic actions of Pearl Harbor is: John William Finn and Samuel Glenn Faux. J non W. Finn during the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kankakee gay, on 7 December 1 941, Let.
Finn was painfully wounded many times, he continued to man his gun and o return the enemy’s fire vigorously and with telling effect throughout the en Emmy strafing and bombing attacks and with complete disregard for his own personal safety. It was only by specific orders that he was persuaded to leave his post to seek medical attention. Lath cough he was suffering much pain and moving with great difficulty, he returned to the aqua drown area and actively supervised the rearming of returning planes.
His extraordinary heroes m and conduct in this action were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U. S. Naval Service e. Samuel G. Faux was the commencement of the attack, Let. Comer. Faux rushed to the quarterdeck of the By Generalities et and give Japan dominance over the Pacific. The United States, however, was able to race over from its losses and strike back against Japan. In April 1 942, the U. S. Launched a bomb Eng mission, known as the Doolittle Raid, over Tokyo, a symbolic retaliation for Pearl Harbor that I improved morale.
In June of that year, the united States Navy won a decisive victory over the Im aerial Japanese Navy in the Battle of Midway, inflicting severe damage on the UN flee et. After defeating Japan in prolonged fighting at Guidance, the Americans went on the offensive in 1943 with an “island hopping’ campaign. The United States won a number of fierce battles to secure islands from Japan and in 1945 captured the islands of IOW Jim and O Okinawa near Japan. The Pacific War came to an end in August 1945 after the United States dropped d atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.