Top 10 Most Important Facts About Pearl Harbor

10.) The final statistics about the events. All in all America had 2403 deaths and 1,178 people were injured. Eighteen ships were sunk or seriously damaged including 5 battleships, 188 planes were destroyed, and 162 planes were damaged. Japan had lost 64 people,29 planes, and 5 midget subs. 9.) The encountered messages that were ignored. The U.S. government had intercepted 10 messages that belonged to the Japanese and had partly interpreted them but they knew enough that an attack was coming pretty soon. 8.) We …

…were ignored. The United States had previously been warned numerously, not only on the day of Pearl Harbor but months beforehand. President Roosevelt knew it was coming but he decided to do nothing about. 1.) Admiral Yamamoto's plan of Pearl Harbor. This is the most crucial fact because without his plan the date December 7, 1941 would not be etched into our heads as one of the worst historical moments, and Pearl Harbor might still he here today.