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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed the United States military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was a complete surprise and led to the United States' declaration of war on Japan and the U.S. entrance into World War II.

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About Pearl Harbor

Before the attack, many Americans, known as isolationists, did not want to get involved in World War II against the Germans. After the attack, a shocked nation was ready to go all out to defeat the Japanese and the Germans as well.

The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the morning. Only one day later the U.S. declared war, with U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously calling December 7, 1941 'a date which will live in infamy.'

The Japanese attacked in order to prevent the U.S. Pacific fleet from influencing the war that the Japanese Emperor was beginning in Southeast Asia, against the British and Dutch, and against the U.S. presence in the Philippines. It had the opposite effect, causing a massive and passionate gear-up for war that has never been seen since.

A total of 353 planes attacked Pearl Harbor, in two different waves. They were launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers, and they sunk four U.S. Navy ships. They also sunk or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and an anti-aircraft ship. a minelayer was also damaged.

188 U.S. airplanes were destroyed, and 2,402 people were killed, with 1,282 wounded.

The Japanese only lost 29 planes and five midget subs. 65 Japanese were killed. One Japanese sailor was captured. (Source: Library of Congress American Memory)

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