Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Across
  1. 1. - The day of the week on which the attack occurred.
  2. 4. - Secret messages that intelligence officers tried to decipher to predict enemy actions.
  3. 9. - A U.S. battleship that sank during the Pearl Harbor attack, with heavy loss of life.
  4. 11. - The name of the Japanese fighter plane used in the attack.
  5. 12. - The military practice of gathering information, which the Japanese did secretly before the attack.
  6. 14. - First name of Admiral Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  7. 15. - A large warship targeted and damaged by Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor.
Down
  1. 2. - Efforts by countries to negotiate, which failed to prevent the attack.
  2. 3. - The unexpected nature of the Pearl Harbor attack.
  3. 5. - A ban on trade that the United States imposed on Japan, fueling tensions.
  4. 6. - The U.S. state where Pearl Harbor is located.
  5. 7. - A weapon launched by planes to strike ships in the water.
  6. 8. - The country that attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.
  7. 10. - Equipment used to detect incoming planes, which detected the Japanese planes too late.
  8. 13. - Another word for airplanes, many of which were destroyed on the ground at Pearl Harbor.