WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Main Goal = Knock out American aircraft carriers
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Sank/Damaged 19 ships and lost 200 planes
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2, 403 American lives were lost
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Main Goal = Knock out Japanese aircraft carriers
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Sank/Damaged 25 ships and lost 100 planes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would “live in infamy, ” the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aerial assault on Pearl Harbor. This unprovoked attack brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.