USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -When Roosevelt delivered the speech, most of his on-the-spot changes involved word order. But many people had never heard of Oahu, the Hawaiian island on which Pearl Harbor and Honolulu are located, so it became “the American island of Oahu” to establish the fact that America had been attacked.

Detailed explanation-2: -Slow, vulnerable torpedo bombers led the first wave, exploiting the first moments of surprise to attack the most important ships present (the battleships), while dive bombers attacked U.S. air bases across Oahu, starting with Hickam Field, the largest, and Wheeler Field, the main U.S. Army Air Forces fighter base.

Detailed explanation-3: -The day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, just before the start of World War II, was described by President Roosevelt as “a day that will live in infamy.” Infamy contains the root word fame, but rather than meaning “the opposite of famous, ” its meaning is something closer to “fame gone bad."

Detailed explanation-4: -Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.

Detailed explanation-5: -At 7:55 AM the coordinated attack on Pearl Harbor begins. At 8:10 AM the battleship USS Arizona explodes. At 8:17 AM the destroyer USS Helm fires on and sinks a Japanese submarine at the entrance to the harbor.