WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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“On Nov. 30, 1942, at 11:25 p.m., two enemy torpedoes hit Richard’s new ship, the USS North Hampton. The crew abandoned the sinking ship on December 1 at 3 a.m.”
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“The planes dropped bombs on the moving battleship, hoping to sink it in the channel to block the entrance to Pearl Harbor.”
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“A group of Japanese planes had orders to bomb the Nevada, which was docked at the northern end of Battleship Row, east of Ford Island.”
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“World War II, which had been raging in Europe since 1939, hit home for many Americans when the Japanese launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour was among the most significant moments of the War-it signalled the official entry of the US into the hostilities, which eventually led to the dropping of nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its most significant consequence was the entrance of the United States into World War II. The US had previously been officially neutral but subsequently entered the Pacific War, the Battle of the Atlantic and the European theatre of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The attack turned US public opinion in favor of entering the Second World War. The United States declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941. Japan’s allies, Germany and Italy, declared war on the United States on December 11. The United States responded in kind, and therefore entered World War II.
Detailed explanation-4: -On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war.