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Pearl Harbor. However, it is debatable whether the US government actually knew it was going to happen. That's the short answer anyway.

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The naval battle of Midway was deemed to be the turning point of the war with Japan. The American's catching the Japanese Aircraft carriers unprepared was a surprise attack in many ways.

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