Pearl+Harbor

"December 7th, 1941 A day that will live in Infamy" - Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tensions between America and Japan had been escalating for several years over America's reaction to the brutal war Japan was waging in China. America gave moral support to the Chinese, including the act of cutting off sales of oil, tin, and scrap metals to Japan's industry. In the early morning hours on Honolulu, Hawaii, Japanese warplanes bombed the Pear Harbor Naval Base unexpectedly intending to cripple America's control on the Pacific. Altogether 462 planes dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor ships. Casualties included 2,335 servicemen and 68 civilians,1178 people were wounded and more than 180 American aircraft were destroyed.

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