The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Sunday December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack at the U.S Pacific at Pearl Harbor. Japan planned a surprise attack because they did not have the resources for a long war. Many U.S aircraft and submarines were destroyed while trying to save Pearl Harbor. There were 2,335 deaths and 1,178 wounded. The Japanese planes departed, leaving behind a dreadful toll of destruction. On November 12, 1940, British bombed a harbor in Italy. United States officials were worried …

…to the memory of all those lost in the bombing. News of the attack was a shock to the entire nation. The bombing rallied the United States behind the President in declaring war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S., bringing about a global of conflict. The United States would later drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing Japan to complete surrender on August 14, 1945.