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Belligerents | |||||||
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United States of America | Empire of Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Husband Kimmel Walter Short | Chuichi Nagumo Isoroku Yamamoto | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8 battleships 8 cruisers 30 destroyers 4 submarines 1 USCG Cutter[nb 1] 49 other ships[1] ~390 aircraft | Mobile Unit: 6 aircraft carriers 2 battleships 2 heavy cruisers 1 light cruiser 9 destroyers 8 tankers 23 fleet submarines 5 midget submarines 414 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 battleships totally lost 2 battleships sunk and recovered 3 battleships damaged 1 battleship grounded 2 other ships sunk[nb 2] 3 cruisers damaged[nb 3] 3 destroyers damaged 3 other ships damaged 188 aircraft destroyed 159[3] aircraft damaged 2,403 killed 1,178 wounded[4][5] | 4 midget submarines sunk 1 midget submarine grounded 29 aircraft destroyed 64 killed 1 captured[6] | ||||||
35 wounded[4] |
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Monday, August 25, 2014
JAPANESE: Attack on Pearl Harbor "Hawaii"
Casualties and losses
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
US : Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Casualties and losses | |
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20 U.S., Dutch, Britishprisoners of war killed | 90,000–166,000 killed in Hiroshima 39,000–80,000 killed in Nagasaki Total: 129,000–246,000+ killed |
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages ofWorld War II in August 1945. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europeended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945, but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, threatening "prompt and utter destruction". read more.......please click the link below
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