WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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December 7, 1941
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February 3, 1956
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August 2, 1478
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September 28, 2000
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the first five minutes of the attack, four battleships were hit, including the USS Oklahoma and the USS Arizona. Minutes later, the Arizona exploded after a bomb hit its gunpowder stores, sinking the ship and killing 1, 177 of its crew.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific.