Surprise Attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers

By Gurujot Grewaland Kamalbir Singh Klair

Surprise attack at Pearl Harbor

When

• On December 7, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked America in Hawaii.

Destruction

• The U.S. Pacific fleet was destroyed at Pearl Harbor

Losses

• Four American battleships were destroyed and sunk in the harbor.

Results

• 188 U.S. planes were destroyed and more than 3400 military personnel were killed in this attack.

• The US declared war on Japan, entering World War II.

Surprise attack on 9/11

Planes Hijacked

Members of Islamic Terrorist Group Al Qaeda hijacked four planes.

Planes Crashed

• They crashed the planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

World Trade Center

• The first two planes flew directly into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center.

Pentagon

• The third plane flew into Pentagon and smashed one wing of the government’s military headquarters.

Flight 93

• The fourth plane, Flight 93, went down in Pennsylvania. The passengers kept the plane from being used to crash into the White House.

Effects

• Almost 3000 people died in this attack.

• President Bush and the US Congress went to war in Afghanistan, where Al Qaeda was based.

Responsible Person

• The leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden was responsible for this attack.

• Bin Laden was finally killed by US special forces in Pakistan.

Work cited

Sources1."Pearl Harbor." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War.

Detroit: Gale, 2009. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 17 May 2012.

2.Downey, Matthew, American History 2, Chicago: McGraw Hill, 2006. Print

3. Greenberg, David. "9/11 Attack." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 6. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 108-109. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 17 May 2012.