| Air Raid Siren from Pearl Harbor | |
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Origin |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
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Type |
Hand Crank Siren |
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Effects |
Cranking handle and releasing sound of the siren creates phantom Japanese Dive bombers. |
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Downsides |
Bombs from Dive Bombers become real and can create mass destruction. |
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Activation |
Turning crank |
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Collected by |
Nick Renson and Claudia Donovan |
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Section |
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Aisle |
28D-03B |
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Shelf |
5031-629-51 |
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Date of Collection |
Oct.15.2012 |
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Origin[]
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was meant to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet out of Japanese military fighting in Southeast Asia against territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves. All eight battleships stationed there were damaged, with four sunk, but base installations without ships or aircraft around them were spared from the bombings. 2,402 Americans were killed and 1,282 were wounded, while the Japanese lost 29 aircraft, five submarines and 65 servicemen.
The attack completly threw America off guard and the people demanded to enter World War II in both the Pacific and European fronts. It was almost unanimously voted yes and the day after the bombing, the United States broke neutrality and declared war on Japan. A few days later, the rest of the Axis powers did the same and vice-versa, while Japan started invading southeast Asia.
Effects[]
Cranking the handle releases the sound of the siren and creates phantom Japanese Dive bombers. When dropped, the bombs become real and can create massive explosions and destruction.