Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor By Lance T. ... troops stationed on the island of Pearl Harbor was not wakening up by the familiar sound of a bugle but instead by gunfire and explosions. This is what it might have been like if you were one of the troops at Pearl Harbor. This attack was important because it led to other events in World War II. ... These proposals were, to stop aiding China, to stay out of Asian affairs, and to begin shipping oil to Japan right away or Japan would attack the U. ... As a result of this Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941 at 7:55 AM. The reason they attacked that early was because Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the person in control of the Japanese warships in that area, knew most of the troops at Pearl Harbor would be asleep. The main planes Japan used for the attack were bombers. ... The reason they did this was because Yamamoto predicted that the troops at Pearl Harbor would be able to a launch a few planes.