May 22nd, Saturday, a sunny day, rest time for Americans. Yamamoto deserves to be a military attache who has been in Japan for several years, and he chose the day so well.
In the early morning, the first attack wave of 260 aircraft taking off from 10 aircraft carriers broke through the clouds and fog and pounced on Pearl Harbor. The Hawaiians who were kept in the dark that day were still enjoying the beautiful Saturdays in the past. They had no idea that the danger was about to happen.
Come, children are playing with their toy cars, and a few people on several civilian planes are learning how to fly planes. Everything looks so beautiful under the sunshine in the early morning. Most of the US troops are still sleeping, and some
The people were drinking and teasing the dancing girls from time to time. They finally made it to the break time, so naturally they wanted to relax.
Japan's first wave of 260 aircraft took off at 6:10, and at 6:20 the first wave of 260 bombers and fighter jets took off towards Pearl Harbor at 6:30. A Japanese ship wanted to sneak attack and sink ships in the port, blocking ships from the port.
The submarine was spotted off Pearl Harbor by an American supply ship. The discovery was passed on to the USS Ward, a destroyer, and a reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to the local area. At 6:45, the USS Ward launched an attack on the submarine. The submarine was hit.
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7:02 A radar station located in the northern part of Oahu discovered an unidentified aircraft 132 nautical miles away from the island. A few minutes later, the radar station reported the sighting of the unidentified aircraft to the air force headquarters. At this time, the report of the attack submarine reached the U.S. military headquarters and
At the same time, a second wave of 200 Japanese planes took off
7:20 The US Air Defense Command believed that the unknown aircraft was a B-17 bomber from mainland China, and ordered the radar station to be closed.
At 7:40, the first wave of Japanese aircraft arrived on the north shore of Oahu. At 49, the first wave commander issued an attack order. At 7:53, the first wave commander sent a message report of "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" to Yamamoto Isoroku.
After the sneak attack was successful, he and fish bombers and dive bombers launched the first wave of air attacks on U.S. warships.
Most of the U.S. officers and soldiers on Hawaii Island have been transferred out of Hawaii in various ways. They are either forced to go fishing or to perform missions with the Navy to protect aircraft carriers. Only one-third of the U.S. Navy officers and soldiers who remain ashore are
There were even fewer people on board, and the U.S. military simply could not organize effective resistance.
The second wave of attacks began at 8:50. The U.S. fleet basically had no resistance after the second round of attacks. However, at 9:40, the third wave of aircraft still began bombing as scheduled.
The Japanese navy rushed to the Hawaiian Islands with all its strength, and the distance was even closer. More than 10,000 people on a transport ship disguised as an American merchant ship landed on the Hawaiian islands at 12 o'clock under the cover of some destroyers and aviation forces. They were all equipped with white-type assault rifles and submachine guns.
In order to ensure a smooth landing, Japan detached other fleets to hunt and hunt down nearby US naval ships, including US aircraft carriers of course.
Japan's goal was actually to seize Hawaii with all its strength. This did not surprise the Americans. In the midst of strong winds and turbulence, Japan actually brought tens of thousands of troops. This was considered a lunatic's behavior in everyone's eyes, but this is what Japan did.
So after landing, the Japanese army quickly took control of Hawaii. Some Japanese navy aircraft flew to the land. The Japanese army organized those once arrogant white people to build fortifications and repair aircraft factories.
After the Japanese navy landed again, it sent a second "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" to Tokyo. There were cheers in Tokyo, Japan. Taking Hawaii was equivalent to approaching the United States. In the future, if the American fleet wants to attack Japan, it can only attack Japan from
Starting from the mainland, but it is more than 2,000 kilometers away from Hawaii. The Japanese style will never give the United States an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Japan's capture of Hawaii shocked the top leaders of the United States. Everyone was wondering if they were wrong. Japan's military garrison in Hawaii has reached more than 10,000 people, and it is still increasing. It is very difficult for the United States to take back Hawaii. It is very difficult.
, even if there is no Japanese combined fleet, it will not be easy to capture Hawaii.
However, Hawaii was captured by Japan, and the U.S. Navy suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, Japan's undeclared war completely angered all Americans. While major American newspapers condemned the Japanese, a large number of Americans joined the army to avenge their previous humiliation.
The U.S. military industry sector was operating at full capacity. All of Roosevelt's policies were approved by the U.S. Congress without hesitation. Then Roosevelt announced that the United States would transition to a war regime.
The American Hawaii was attacked by surprise. Hitler was the happiest person. The European War lasted for a month. Although the United States did not send troops to participate in the war, half of the guns and ammunition used by France came from the United States. Now that the Japanese team and the United States are taking action, it can relieve the pressure on Germany.
, at least it is impossible for American soldiers to come to Europe to fight against Germany before defeating Japan.
Hitler did not think that Japan could defeat the United States, but it was definitely possible to contain the United States. With the protection of the Pacific Ocean, Japan could hold on for at least two or three years, and two or three years would be enough for Germany to rule Europe.
However, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and Japan belongs to the Axis powers. Now that Japan and the United States have declared war on each other, Germany has to desperately want the United States to declare war, otherwise Japan will probably not stand with Germany.
Although Hitler looked down on Japan, Japan was still very important at this time. In addition, the United States had been secretly supporting Britain and France. Germany would not gain much if it did not declare war. So Germany thought about it and declared war on the United States. The United States would like to send more stains.
It was given to Britain, France and other countries, and they didn't send any troops. Even if they sent a few, they wouldn't cause much trouble.
Japan also breathed a sigh of relief after Germany and the United States declared war on each other. At least he no longer had to face the United States alone.
The day after Japan captured Hawaii, it landed in Alaska. At the same time, the Navy captured two other U.S. bases in the Pacific, Guam and Midway, as well as other U.S. islands in the Pacific.
The Qin State said that Japan could exchange these islands for weapons and ammunition from the Qin State. The Japanese worked hard to seize these islands. However, the Qin State would not accept the islands they had just captured. They would not exchange them until the Japanese army occupied them for at least half a year.
In other words, Japan can only give Qin the Marshall Islands that they control for a while in exchange for Qin's supplies. The Japanese thought about it and thought it was okay. These islands are in the South Pacific. The Qin people raised it because they did not want Japan to threaten them.
They can get more supplies by giving them to Qin now, otherwise it will be hard to say what will happen in the future. It is not appropriate for Japan to fall out with Qin and China before it defeats the United States and takes over North America.