Im here at pearl harbor. Welcome to war soirz. It was right here at 7 55 on sunday december 7th, 1941 that the empire of japan launched the savage surprise attack on u. S. Forces in the pacific. When it was over 2,403 americans were dead, 21 warships were sunk or damaged, and six air fields had been bombed. But what many do not know is that it wasnt just an air raid. The Japanese Imperial navy also planned to attack the u. S. Pacific fleet with a secret weapon five midget submarines. Fortunately, their attack was foiled. In part by the Alert Response of uss ward, an old destroyer manned by a reserve navy crew. For more than 60 years members of the ward maintained that they had sunk one of the japanese midget subs shortly before the air attack began. Yet no evidence could ever be found to prove their claim. Then on august 28th, 2002 just a few miles outside the mouth of pearl harbor a research submarine from the Hawaii Undersea Research laboratory had a discovery that confirmed the dest
Museum with the pacific war fredericksbu fredericksburg, texas. Fredericksburg, texas. Within hours of the attack on pearl harbor, attacked philippines and guam and also set sites 2,000 miles west of hon honolulu known as wake island. A handful of soldiers and about a thousand civilian contractors looked like an easy target for the japanese. They were dead wrong. Outgunned, they battled back for 16 games against Imperial Japan. Tonight meet the heroes of the battle for wake island who took on japan. In late 1936 pan american air waves, mammoth luxurious boats began carrying their wealthy clientel across the passive to the orient and australia. Needing to refuel along the way one of their stops was an island called wake island. They did have the wake island hote ohn theou ahor of e baleor keisand. Eopl wou comout and enjoy great food at the hotel. Spend the rest of their day in their stop over Walking Around and realizing theres not a heck of a lot on this place. Thats putting it mildly
On the early morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched an attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A key but often overshadowed component of this assault were the Japanese mini submarines, part of a secret and ultimately ill-fated mission that has left a lasting legacy beneath the…
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Even before the first Japanese bomb fell on Pearl Harbor, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow to the “sleeping giant” in the harbor.