WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, a military base of the US, in 1941. This forced the US to enter the Second World War. In 1945, as a massive response to the attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan, the US deployed two nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Q.

Detailed explanation-3: -The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Detailed explanation-4: -By attacking Pearl Harbor Japan believes that it can severely cripple the U.S fleet and buy them time in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. So not only would they be able to launch their attacks without interference from the U.S they would also have time to dig in defensively and consolidate their gains.