HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Bombing of England
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Bombing of Normandy
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Bombing of London
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Detailed explanation-1: -The attack on Pearl Harbor took place before a declaration of war by Japan had been delivered to the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus that first historic sentence-the one that is usually quoted from the speech-was born: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of 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: -Declaration of War gavel, December 11, 1941 | U.S. Capitol-Visitor Center. On December 11, 1941, three days after declaring war on Japan, the House approved declarations of war on Germany and Italy; earlier that day Germany and Italy had declared war on the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941.