What type of Japanese military equipment actually attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?
On the morning of December 7, 1941 the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The surprise attack was carried out by 353 aircraft from 6 Japanese aircraft carriers. Japan had also sent 5 midget submarines to attack the harbor, all of which were sunk or lost. One of the subs had been spotted outside the harbor and sunk before the aircraft attack began. This sub sinking didn't create the alarm that it should have, and the base remained unprepared for the coming aircraft attack. Japan's naval fleet that carried out the Pearl Harbor attack consisted of many ships including battleships, but they were only used to guard the carriers.
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Carole Fisher Leisure
Misleading. "The Japanese strike force consisted of 353 aircraft launched from four heavy carriers. These included 40 torpedo planes, 103 level bombers, 131 dive-bombers, and 79 fighters. The attack
also consisted of two heavy cruisers, 35 submarines, two light cruisers, nine oilers, two
battleships, and 11 destroyers."
lls
Dale Teague, That's what I was told, too!
Char
Carole Fisher Leisure, wow I never knew all of that I'd just heard planes
Char
That's why I never heard of them sunk or lost..I only ever heard about the planes
Dave Mac
The midget sub attack is well documented even though it failed to cause damage.
Dennis Long
davidgrimsrud, they are submarines unless they were floating "minisubs" ; the answer is incorrect & a travesty to QuizzClub verasity!
Tom Seigo
There was never any submarine attacks actually carried out! The devastation was done completely by air power. Some of the Japanese aircraft did indeed carry torpedoes that were successfully launched against numerous US ships, the Arizona being the most disastrous!
davidgrimsrud
midget subs