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  1. May 26, 2024 · May 26, 2024. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a turning point in World War II and a defining moment in global politics. In just a few hours, the Japanese military dealt a devastating blow to the United States Pacific Fleet, killing over 2,400 Americans and destroying or damaging 18 ships and over 300 aircraft.

  2. This attack was the reason the United States entered the Second World War when it did. The attack on Pearl Harbor was meant to prevent the United States from interfering with Japan's plans for the Pacific, however it would not be long before the US faced the Japanese in another battle with a different outcome.

  3. Dec 7, 2021 · Craig Tibbitts. 80 years ago today the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States of America. Just after dawn on 7 December 1941 Japanese planes launched from aircraft carriers struck the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Their primary target was the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. In less than two hours they wrought havoc.

  4. Page 2 – The war against Japan. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it as 'a date which will live in infamy' — 7 December 1941, the day the Japanese bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This was the opening salvo in the Pacific War. A day later, New Zealand, the United States and Britain declared war ...

  5. The Imperial Japanese Navy’s planes bombed Pearl Harbor, an American naval base in Hawaii, killing more than 2400 people and sinking five battleships. It was an act of aggression that caused the United States to join the war, to the relief of many New Zealanders, but the Pearl Harbor attack was also unsettling.

  6. May 23, 2023 · The strike, which launched the Japanese air offensive against northern Australia, has grown in prominence within the national memory of Australia's role in World War II and has been increasingly referred to as "Australia's Pearl Harbor." When the attack on Darwin occurred, Australia had been at war since September 3, 1939, following Great ...

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  8. Dec 5, 2021 · The 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack is an opportune moment to take stock and think about some lessons of history. Here are some to consider. Australia, the US and Britain were all ...

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