Pearl harbor- A Japanese commander called out "tora tora tora." This means tiger. The commander was informing the Japanese navy that the U.S. had been taken by surprise with the attack. The attack only lasted 110 minutes total. There was supposed to be tree attack, but Japan backed out and didn't go through with the 3rd. There is a conspiracy theory that the president wanted Japan to attack us to get us into the war. Japan wanted to get our aircraft carriers, but our carriers were out at sea at the time. This adds to the conspiracy theory.
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