USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Japanese planes dropped bombs on the U.S. ships ____ they wanted to sink them.
A
because
B
but
C
after
D
although
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States was a neutral country at the time; the attack led to its formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Detailed explanation-4: -This Model A6M2, Navy Type 0 Model 21 was the aircraft that flew over the Island of Oahu. It is estimated that the Japanese navy had 521 fighter planes–328 of them A6M2s–at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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