Pearl Harbor The movie Pearl Harbor directed and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer was released in 2001. This highly praised movie allows the audience to carefully watch a movie that is based on a day that started the United States' involvement in World War II. The movie begins with a two boys, Danny Walker and Rafe McCawley, who have grown up hoping to become involved in the United States military and slowly changes to the life, excitement, and hardships of being involved in the war. Rafe is one of the best fighter pilots in the regiment and falls in love with a beautiful nurse, Lt. Evelyn Johnson. As the United States tries to help the British, Rafe volunteers to go to London. After several months he supposedly dies when shot down by a German aircraft. This devastating news is told to Lt. Evelyn Johnson by Danny Walker who is still trying to deal with the situation. A few months went by and Lt. Evelyn Johnson and Danny Walker fall in love. Being alone during a time of war was not an ideal situation, one that all military men and women hated. They found themselves to be compatible and in love. They enjoyed their relationship together until news is delivered to Danny that Rafe is still alive. During all this time United States avoids involvement would in the war because they felt that their involvement would not have an impact. The relationship with Danny and Evelyn progresses and so did the war. It is on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In the movie Pearl Harbor, Bruckheimer attempts to describe what happened on Sunday December 7, 1941 as accurately as possible. However, no matter how hard Bruckheimer tries to present this event historically it will be unclear because it is used primarily ... ... middle of paper ... ...roximity, and pre-judgments. Why did he/she create the movie or book? Where did he/she find his/her resources? How did he/she gain his/her knowledge? However once a person learns how to analyze this they will be able to become more objective when thinking about history. Bibliography Arthur, Max. Forgotten Voices of World War II. Great Britain: Ebury Press, 2004. Bard, Mitchell. The Complete Idiots Guide to: World War II. New York: Alpha Books, 2004 Burlingame, Burl. Advance Force, Pearl Harbor. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. Mullener, Elizabeth. WAR STORIES, remembering World War II. New York: Berkley, 2002. Nash, Gary, and others. American Odyssey. Multimedia edition. New York: 1997 Pearl Harbor. Director Jerry Bruckheimer. Touchstone Studios, 2001. Willmott, H.P. Pearl Harbor. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2001.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the most atrocious attacks to have ever happened on American soil, starting with disagreement on the Potsdam declaration. Japan’s greed for more land and industrial materials led the Japanese to make a plan to keep the United States out of the war, which consisted the use of kamikaze pilots and bombs to destroy our aircraft carriers and boats in an attempt to control the Pacific. While leaving the drowning, and dead bodies of thousands of American seamen and battleships at the bottom of the sea, seemed to be a good idea to the Japanese; America joined World War II and introduced the first nuclear weapons as reprisal for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Had the Japanese agreed to an unconditional surrender and end to militarism during the agreement on the Potsdam declaration, the introduction to nuclear weapons and the death count wouldn’t have been so high and devastating on both the American and Japanese sides.
The surprise attack from the Japanese forces on December 7, otherwise known as ‘The Day of Infamy’, brought the United States into World War Two. A film that shows the moments leading up towards the attack is shown in the film, ‘TORA! TORA! TORA!’. In this essay, I will use the film as my historical source to reconstruct the events leading to the attack on the Pearl Harbour and the attack itself.
President F. Roosevelt once stated, “December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. On December 7, 1641, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,300 Americans many of them military personnel. The attack left the base destroyed and the people in shock. This incident lead to the United States’ participation in World War II. Michael Bay was selected as the director of the film Pearl Harbor, a film which captures this historic day in American History. In the film, Pearl Harbor, director Michael Bay kept some of the events of the attacks on Pearl Harbor the same, but changed
From researching the real life story behind Pearl Harbor, according to history.com the event occured around 8am, on Sunday, December 7th, 1941. Pearl Harbor was bombed by torpedo planes and 22 other types of planes. As the book described, Amber heard a buzzing noise from the sky, so she looked up and saw a bunch of different planes, she could name them all too. While the author gives a good overview of what happened on December 7th, 1941, the book is still pretty fictional. The main characters, Amber, Andy, Al and Anna Billows are not real. What they went through, is what all the other 2,000+ people went through at the same time but the author made them up. The author did a good job making the story historical by combining fiction and history together. By having the characters feel the same emotions and go through the same thing, set the theme, Pearl Harbor, but still making up the life that Amber and her family made the book fictional and interesting.
“ Yesterday, December 7,1941- a date which will live in infamy- the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Naval and Air Forces of the Empire of Japan.” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor got attacked, why did they get attacked, who led the attacks, and how did the United States respond. Japan made a bad decision attacking the U.S. because the united States is going to come back and hurt them worse then they hurt us.
President F. Roosevelt states, “December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. On December 7, 1641, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. This attack killed more than 2,300 American many of them military personnel. The attack left the base destroyed and the people in shock. This attack lead to United States’ participation in World War II. Michael Bay was selected as the director of the film Pearl Harbor, a film which captures this historic day in American History. In the film, Pearl Harbor, director Michael Bay kept some of the events of the attacks on Pearl Harbor the same but changed some of the locations attacked in order to add suspense and intensity.
Pearl Harbor was a strike that occurred on December 7, 1941. During that time world war two was going on but the US was neutral. The president at that time Franklin Roosevelt ordered the US navy to patrol
On December 7, 1941 twenty American naval vessels were destroyed, 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died, and about 1,000 were injured. This event would forever be known as Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was an incident in American history where the Japanese bombed a naval base in Oahu, Hawaii. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because they feared the United States would plan a naval attack on them due to their new acquired territories such as: Philippines, Guam, America Samoa and other small islands. The Japanese thought they could do a swift first strike against the united pacific fleet and cripple America’s ability to respond. By delaying America’s ability to respond they were hoping to gain the territories and control most of the Pacific Rim.
It is very tempting as human beings to put blame on someone else. Especially during a time of tragedy. Besides the attack of 9/11, Pearl Harbor is one of the most surprising attacks the United States of America has ever faced. The attack on December seventh, 1941 is what brought America into World War Two. The nation proceeded to declare war on Japan. Then, because of the alliance between Germany and Japan, Germany declared war on the U.S. At the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was president. From the beginning of his presidency and the start of the war, he had wanted to get involved with the war. Historians have debated for many years who is at fault for the attack on Pearl Harbor and causing the deaths of two thousand Americans. He believed that without the United States aid, Russia and England would collapse, and the United States government had broken a diplomatic code and intercepted a message from Japan threatening war. Roosevelt missed many opportunities to prevent the bombing. This bomb attack brought our nation into war and caused the deaths of over a thousand American citizens.
Barnett, Correlli. World War II: Persuading the People. Orbis Publishing Limited, 1972. Pgs. 76 -- 102.
The movies Tora Tora Tora and Pearl harbor were based on the historic events that took place on December 7, 1941. On this day, America suffered a surprise air attack by Japan. This attack sunk many of our Naval ships and killed many soldiers, making it a day America would never forget. By watching both movies, I will be able to compare what really happened to what was portrayed. I will also be able to see the bias that took place that wasn't part of history.
Loyd E. Lee, World War II: Crucible of the Contemporary World: Commentary and Readings (New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1991), 209.
The movie Pearl Harbor is a action packed war film that is also mixed with some romance between the three main characters Rafe, Danny, and Evelyn. The movie starts out with Rafe and Danny playing on a old broke down airplane that they use in their pretend fighter plane dogfights. Rafe’s dad is a crop duster when he lands his plane and gets on his tractor Rafe and Danny jump in the airplane and accidentally start the airplane and almost crash it. Danny’s dad saw the whole incident and started beating Danny, but Rafe hits him so he won 't seriously hurt Danny. The skips ahead to when Rafe and Danny are in their early twenties. They are both in the U.S. Army. Rafe is informed by Doolittle that he was accepted to go to Britain and join the Eagle Squadron. Prior to Rafe leaving he tells Evelyn, the nurse he has been dating, that he will be going to England. While in England Rafe is shot down. Evelyn and Danny back in Hawaii are told that he was lost and most likely killed. Three months later Evelyn and Danny get together have a romantic encounter in the parachute hanger. The morning Evelyn finds out she is pregnant, Rafe shows up and explained that he was rescued by
The 2001 film Pearl Harbour has not concentrated on the actual war and the damage it caused to the USA and how it was the biggest disaster Roosevelt had to face after the great depression instead it was a film made for entertainment reasons which did surround itself around the storyline of two actual soldiers with many major and minor inaccuracies. Although the film was not made as a docudrama but rather was used for entertainment purposes only, it did reflect a few minor accuracies of the time period and the war and what its plot line was based around.
The movie Pearl Harbor has long been recognized as a historical event that played a part in the start of World War 2. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States entry into World War II because the goal was to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with other nations overseas. The military base was attacked by three hundred and fifty three Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six air craft carriers. As a result, the next day United States declared war on Japan. However, the movie Pearl Harbor does not all reflect