Andy+Eggert--Pearl+Harbor+FAQs

8th Grade AT LA 1-2

1. How many Americans died on Pearl Harbor? 2,139 2. How did Japan get their fleet to Pearl Harbor undetected ? The bases radar was broken 3. Did Japan accomplish what they wanted to? Yes, they accomplished what they intended 4. Why did the U.S. provoke the attack of Pearl Harbor. The U.S. wanted to use the Japanese attack as a backdoor into WWII. 5. Why did Japan attack the U.S.. They attack the U.S. fleet to get to raw materials, and take out a large naval threat. 6. How did the Japanese fleet do so much damage. They had the element of surprise, and the base was low on ammo, so the base was hard to defend.