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Pearl Harbor attackPearl Harbor (in Hawaii), the major US naval base in the Pacific Ocean, was attacked by carrier-based bombers and torpedo planes of the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941. The Japanese achieved complete surprise over the Americans and were able to attack American ships at their docks and planes on their runways. Eight American battleships were anchored in the harbor, all of which were destroyed or badly damaged. Around 2400 Americans were killed in action. The one bright spot for the Americans was that their own aircraft carriers were not in the harbor that day and were able to sink four of the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway six months later. (not the best answer)->The Japanese were not happy about this so they raced to there military and went to the Hiroshima beach to later discover they will lose the war<-
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Pearl Harbor was a major naval base for the United States Pacific Fleet. On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Empire of Japan. The Japanese destroyed most of the United States ships anchored in the harbor. It was a horrific day!

not only that but it was because the japs wanted to get to south East Asia, they wanted to wipe them out but their biggest threat was the U.S. so they attacked our strongest base from the bottom with topidos and the top with bombs.

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On December 7, 1941, 3,500 Americans were killed or injured during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States knew an attack on the country was imminent, after breaking the Japanese diplomatic code. When Japan started to attack, their planes were mistaken for American B-17s arriving from the West Coast of the US.

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well they attacked the boats nd then hey started faking each other for fun

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