WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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Dec 7, 1941
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dec 7, 2018
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dec 8, 1941
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2, 300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Japan intended the attack as a preventive action. Its aim was to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and those of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -At 7:49 AM, the Japanese aerial commander orders the attack on Pearl Harbor. At 7:55 AM, the Coordinated attack on Pearl Harbor begins. At 8:10 AM, the USS Arizona explodes.