WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Japan
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Germany
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America
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese attack force-which included six aircraft carriers and 420 planes-sailed from Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands, on a 3, 500 mile voyage to a staging area 230 miles off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -This Model A6M2, Navy Type 0 Model 21 was the aircraft that flew over the Island of Oahu. It is estimated that the Japanese navy had 521 fighter planes–328 of them A6M2s–at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. A force of 79 Zeros was sent against Pearl Harbor, and nine were lost in action.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1910, the society sent Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa and Captain Hino Kumazō to France and Germany, respectively, to receive pilot training and purchase aircraft. The Japanese Army purchased its first aircraft, a Farman biplane and a Grade monoplane, which had been brought back by the officers from Western Europe.